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Illustration of a Masked Cardinal (Paroaria nigrogenis) egg, 20.2 × 14.7 mm
Illustration © 2026 Lincoln Savi, Savi Made. Free to use with credit.

Paroaria nigrogenis

  • 20.2 × 14.7 mm
  • Speculative: we haven't found a documented description of this egg yet, so we estimated its colours and markings from related birds.
Breeds in Trinidad and Tobago, Colombia, Venezuela

No documented description found yet; drawn like the Yellow-billed Cardinal egg (same genus).

Sources of information

Size
Average of 11 eggs: Schönwetter, M. 1960–1992. Handbuch der Oologie (ed. W. Meise), Lieferung 29–36. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin., p. 276.
Description
Estimated, no description found: drawn like a related egg (Yellow-billed Cardinal).
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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