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Illustration of a Wedge-tailed Grass Finch (Emberizoides herbicola) egg, 22.83 × 16.96 mm
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Emberizoides herbicola

  • 22.83 × 16.96 mm
  • Clutch: 2 eggs
Breeds in Central America (2 countries) and South America (12 countries)
show all 14Central America: Costa Rica, Panama
South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela

White, very sparingly marked with small blackish spots at the large end; moderately glossy.

Sources of information

Size
Hellebrekers, W. P. J. 1942. Revision of the Penard oölogical collection from Surinam. Zoologische Mededelingen 24: 240–275., p. 270.
Description
Hellebrekers 1942, Zoologische Mededelingen 24 (Penard egg collection, Suriname).
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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