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Illustration of a Black-capped Tanager (Stilpnia heinei) egg, 18.5 × 15.2 mm
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Stilpnia heinei

  • 18.5 × 15.2 mm (approx.)
Breeds in Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela

Pale greenish white tinged lilac, glossless, thickly speckled and mottled with brown and lilac grey, densest at the larger end; broad pointed oval.

Sources of information

Size
Ogilvie-Grant, W. R. 1912. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 5. London.
Description
Ogilvie-Grant, W. R. 1912. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 5. London.
Shape
Drawn from the length and width, with the taper estimated from the typical eggs of its group (how these eggs are drawn).

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