Description of the nest, egg, and chick of the Salinas Monjita (Neoxolmis salinarum)
Abstract
There weren’t any records about nesting of the Salinas Monjita, Neoxolmis salinarum, until now. We present notes about nest, eggs and chicks, and other information about its reproductive biology. The nest is an open cup, the exterior made of twigs and the inside of roots and some feathers, with 13 cm in diameter, 8 cm tall, 5 cm deep and 5 cm interior diameter. The egg is salmon cream with brownish black spots of different sizes and rather less distributed on its surface, but concentrated on the bigger pole. The chick is covered by grey down. Chick’s beak is yellowish, with white join and orange inside; its legs are rosy.
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How to cite
Víctor Cobos, Rodolfo Miatello (2001). Description of the nest, egg, and chick of the Salinas Monjita (Neoxolmis salinarum). El Hornero, Vol. 16 No. 1 (2001), 47-48. https://doi.org/10.56178/eh.v16i1.916
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