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Illustration of a Diademed Tanager (Stephanophorus diadematus) egg, 25.75 × 16.75 mm
Illustration © 2026 Lincoln Savi, Savi Made. Free to use with credit.

Stephanophorus diadematus

  • 25.75 × 16.75 mm (approx.)
  • Clutch: 4 eggs
Breeds in Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay

Pale green or greenish white, spotted, small-blotched and short-streaked dark brown and grey, concentrated at the larger end; somewhat glossy.

Sources of information

Size
de la Peña, M. R. 2025. Aves Argentinas: descripción, comportamiento, reproducción y distribución. Comunicaciones del Museo Provincial de Ciencias Naturales "Florentino Ameghino" (Nueva Serie). Santa Fe., tomo 12, p. 273.
Description
de la Peña 2025 (Aves Argentinas tomo 12); secondary: 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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