Motacilla alba
- 20.6 × 15.2 mm
- Clutch: 4–7 eggs
Breeds in United States
Pale bluish- or greenish-tinged cream, densely speckled all over with reddish-brown and grey.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 248 eggs: Schönwetter, M. 1960–1992. Handbuch der Oologie (ed. W. Meise), Lieferung 17. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin., pp. 221, 222.
- Description
- Hauber, M. E. (ed.) 2014. The Book of Eggs. University of Chicago Press (photo and text), p. 517.
- 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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