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Illustration of a Burnished-buff Tanager (Stilpnia cayana) egg, 20.4 × 14.6 mm
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Stilpnia cayana

  • 20.4 × 14.6 mm
Breeds in South America (10 countries)
show all 10South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela

Pale blue, spotted dark purplish red and blotched lilac-grey, chiefly at the larger end; somewhat glossy.

Sources of information

Size
Average of 10 eggs: Schönwetter, M. 1960–1992. Handbuch der Oologie (ed. W. Meise), Lieferung 29–36. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin., p. 318.
Description
Ogilvie-Grant 1912 (BM Egg Catalogue vol 5).
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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