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Illustration of a Black-headed Saltator (Saltator atriceps) egg, 27.7 × 18.7 mm
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Saltator atriceps

  • 27.7 × 18.7 mm
  • Clutch: 2 eggs
Breeds in Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama

Bluish green, wreathed with black at the larger end.

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. 275.
Description
Wetmore, A., Pasquier, R.F. & Olson, S.L. 1984. The Birds of the Republic of Panamá, Part 4. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 150(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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