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Illustration of a Black-faced Tanager (Schistochlamys melanopis) egg, 23.3 × 16.4 mm
Illustration © 2026 Lincoln Savi, Savi Made. Free to use with credit.

Schistochlamys melanopis

  • 23.3 × 16.4 mm
Breeds in South America (9 countries)
show all 9South America: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela

Yellowish-white, covered with very numerous dark brown freckles.

Sources of information

Size
Average of 8 eggs: Schönwetter, M. 1960–1992. Handbuch der Oologie (ed. W. Meise), Lieferung 29–36. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin., p. 307.
Description
Ihering 1900 (Revista do Museu Paulista 4).
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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