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Illustration of a Dusky Antbird (Cercomacroides tyrannina) egg, 20.98 × 15.14 mm
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Cercomacroides tyrannina

  • 20.98 × 15.14 mm
  • Clutch: 2 eggs
Breeds in Mexico, Central America (6 countries) and South America (7 countries)
show all 14Mexico: Mexico
Central America: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
South America: Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela

Dull white to creamy white, spotted with reddish brown, heaviest at the larger end.

Sources of information

Size
Skutch, A. F. 1969. Life histories of Central American birds III. Pacific Coast Avifauna 35., p. 231.
Agrees with: Huber, W. 1932. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 84: 226, quoted in Wetmore, A. 1972. The birds of the Republic of Panamá, part 3. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 150(3)., p. 188.
Description
Skutch, A.F. 1969. Life Histories of Central American Birds III. Pacific Coast Avifauna 35.
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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