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Illustration of a Merida Flowerpiercer (Diglossa gloriosa) egg, 17.5 × 12.5 mm
Illustration © 2026 Lincoln Savi, Savi Made. Free to use with credit.

Diglossa gloriosa

  • 17.5 × 12.5 mm (approx.)
Breeds in Venezuela

Light bluish green, fairly densely spotted and dotted with grey, red-brown and blackish, more crowded at the blunt end.

Sources of information

Size
Schönwetter, M. 1960–1992. Handbuch der Oologie (ed. W. Meise), Lieferung 29–36. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin., p. 320.
Description
Schönwetter, M. 1960–1992. Handbuch der Oologie (ed. W. Meise), Lieferung 29–36. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin., pdf p. 264.
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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