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Illustration of a Thick-billed Seed Finch (Sporophila funerea) egg, 19 × 13.8 mm
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Sporophila funerea

  • 19 × 13.8 mm
Breeds in Mexico, Central America (6 countries) and South America (2 countries)
show all 9Mexico: Mexico
Central America: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
South America: Colombia, Ecuador

Greenish white, thickly marked with reddish brown over purplish grey as small blotches, dots and fine streaks; somewhat glossy.

Sources of information

Size
Average of 7 eggs: Schönwetter, M. 1960–1992. Handbuch der Oologie (ed. W. Meise), Lieferung 29–36. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin., p. 266.
Description
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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