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Illustration of a Bluish-grey Saltator (Saltator coerulescens) egg, 26.18 × 19.04 mm
Illustration © 2026 Lincoln Savi, Savi Made. Free to use with credit.

Saltator coerulescens

  • 26.18 × 19.04 mm
  • Clutch: 2 eggs
Breeds in South America (9 countries)
show all 9South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela

Pale blue, with a ring of blackish-brown hair streaks and dots around the blunt end.

Sources of information

Size
Average of 50 eggs: Hellebrekers 1942 (Zool. Meded. 24), ["pp. 270\u2013271"].
Description
Wikipedia: Bluish-grey saltator; supporting: Hispanopedia: Saltator coerulescens.
Drawing checked against a photo: de la Peña 2025, Aves Argentinas tomo 12, p. 163.
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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