Phainopepla nitens
- 22.1 × 16 mm
- Clutch: 2–4 eggs
Breeds in United States, Mexico
Round. Light grayish, with small dark speckles.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 50 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Wagtails, Shrikes, Vireos, and Their Allies (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 197, 1950), p. 107.
- Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Phainopepla, Life History.
- Clutch
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds.
- 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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