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Illustration of a Collared Whitestart (Myioborus torquatus) egg, 17.6 × 13 mm
Illustration © 2026 Lincoln Savi, Savi Made. Free to use with credit.

Myioborus torquatus

  • 17.6 × 13 mm
Breeds in Costa Rica, Panama

White with a cap of yellowish-brown, reddish-brown and lilac blotches at the larger end, a few small spots elsewhere; nearly glossless.

Sources of information

Size
Average of 13 eggs: Schönwetter, M. 1960–1992. Handbuch der Oologie (ed. W. Meise), Lieferung 29–36. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin., p. 348.
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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