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Illustration of a Silver-throated Tanager (Tangara icterocephala) egg, 21.3 × 15.6 mm
Illustration © 2026 Lincoln Savi, Savi Made. Free to use with credit.

Tangara icterocephala

  • 21.3 × 15.6 mm
  • Clutch: 2 eggs
Breeds in Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru

Dull white or greyish, rather heavily mottled all over with brown, most concentrated on the thicker end.

Sources of information

Size
Average of 8 eggs: Skutch, A. F. 1954. Life histories of Central American birds. Pacific Coast Avifauna 31., p. 230.
Description
Skutch 1954, Life Histories of Central American Birds (Pacific Coast Avifauna 31), pp. 226-234; supporting: Wetmore, Pasquier & Olson 1984, The Birds of the Republic of Panama, part 4.
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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