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Illustration of a Glossy-black Thrush (Turdus serranus) egg, 27.09 × 20.58 mm
Illustration © 2026 Lincoln Savi, Savi Made. Free to use with credit.

Turdus serranus

  • 27.09 × 20.58 mm
Breeds in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela

Greenish blue, freckled and mottled with reddish-brown, like Eurasian Blackbird eggs.

Sources of information

Size
Average of 2 eggs: Stoddard, M. C., et al. 2017. Avian egg shape: form, function, and evolution. Science 356: 1249-1254 (Data S1, MVZ egg collection).
Description
Nehrkorn 1899 (Katalog der Eiersammlung).
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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