Akletos melanoceps
- 28 × 18.5 mm
- Clutch: 2 eggs
Breeds in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
White with purplish spots.
Sources of information
- Size
- Greeney, Gelis & White 2004, Notes on breeding birds from an Ecuadorian lowland forest, Bull. B.O.C. 124: 28–37, p. 33.
- Description
- Wikipedia species account (summarising Birds of the World / Zimmer & Isler accounts), accessed 2026.
- 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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