Skeleton spawn eggs spawn Wither Skeletons when spawned in the Nether
Skeleton spawn eggs spawn Strays
Horse spawn eggs spawn donkeys and mules
Zombie spawn eggs spawn Husks
Original description:
When they added the Wither Skeleton Spawn Egg in 16w20a, I thought the skeleton spawn egg would not spawn Wither Skeletons anymore. But instead, the Skeleton Spawn Egg still spawns Wither Skeletons 80% of the time in the Nether. This is also the case with Zombie/Husk and Skeleton/Stray.
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You can also summon an husk and a stray with the zombie and skeleton eggs and there is also a husk and a stray egg, so if that was't supposed to happen, this should also make part of the bug.
It is because of the way spawn eggs work. Normally, skeletons can spawn in the nether, but only in the nether fortress. When a skeleton spawns, it has an 80% chance to be a wither skeleton. This applies anywhere in the nether. A spawn egg just spawns a skeleton there, but uses the spawning rules of the area.
See MC-102047.
I believe this is a WAI as skel spawn egg in nether has always primarily spawned Wither Skel's