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Illustration of a Lined Seedeater (Sporophila lineola) egg, 17.4 × 12.8 mm
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Sporophila lineola

  • 17.4 × 12.8 mm
Breeds in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Paraguay, Suriname

Pale bluish grey, blotched and spotted with dark brown (like the White-collared Seedeater).

Sources of information

Size
Average of 9 eggs: 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. 117.
Description
Nehrkorn 1899 (Katalog der Eiersammlung).
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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