Unusually pale Reed Warbler egg

Unusually pale Reed Warbler egg

Egg coloration in the Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus is highly variable. According to Brown and Davies (1949), the majority of eggs are dark olive-brown with browner mottling, often capped dark brown. Kriљtofik et al. (2013) describe the eggs as heavily spotted on a blue-green background.

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