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Illustration of a Spectacled Thrush (Turdus nudigenis) egg, 27.19 × 19.66 mm
Illustration © 2026 Lincoln Savi, Savi Made. Free to use with credit.

Turdus nudigenis

  • 27.19 × 19.66 mm
Breeds in Trinidad and Tobago, Caribbean islands, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela

Grey-blue, blue or blue-green, more or less spotted all over with brown, red-brown and lilac-grey, usually darker at the blunt end; slightly glossy.

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
Penard, F. P. & A. P. Penard 1910. De vogels van Guyana (Suriname, Cayenne en Demerara), deel 2. Paramaribo., p. 543.
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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