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There are 18 species of weavers that usually only lay pure blue eggs. Blue or blue-green eggs are very widespread in birds generally, resulting from the predominant deposition of the pigment biliverdin (Walters 2006a). Many other weavers lay eggs with a variety of colours, so some individual females may lay pure blue eggs, while other individuals of the same species lay eggs of various colours and markings. The list below includes two quelea, three fodies, two bishops, and 11 other weavers. See also white eggs. Weavers with blue or blue-green eggs:Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythropsRed-billed Quelea Quelea quelea - rarely with spotting Mauritius Fody Foudia rubra Rodrigues Fody Foudia flavicans Red Fody Foudia madagascariensis Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix - rarely with spotting Nelicourvi Weaver Ploceus nelicourvi - rarely with spotting
Sao Tome Weaver Ploceus sanctithomae
Cape Weaver Ploceus capensis
Weavers with eggs that are plain blue or sometimes plain white:Yellow-mantled Weaver Ploceus tricolorOlive-headed Weaver Ploceus olivaceiceps |