Polioptila melanura
- 14.4 × 11.5 mm
- Clutch: 3–5 eggs
Breeds in United States, Mexico
Pale-white to pale-blue, variably speckled in red.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 36 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Thrushes, Kinglets, and Their Allies (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 196, 1949), p. 377.
- Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Black-tailed Gnatcatcher, 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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