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Illustration of a Rufous-backed Wren (Campylorhynchus capistratus) egg, 21.8 × 16.2 mm
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Campylorhynchus capistratus

  • 21.8 × 16.2 mm
Breeds in Mexico, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua

Creamy white, spotted and mottled olive-brown and lavender, indistinct cap at the broad end.

Sources of information

Size
Average of 8 eggs: Schönwetter, M. 1960–1992. Handbuch der Oologie (ed. W. Meise), Lieferung 19. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin., p. 334.
Description
Oates & Reid 1905 (BM Egg Catalogue vol 4).
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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