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Illustration of a Brasilia Tapaculo (Scytalopus novacapitalis) egg, 22.9 × 17.8 mm
Illustration © 2026 Lincoln Savi, Savi Made. Free to use with credit.

Scytalopus novacapitalis

  • 22.9 × 17.8 mm (estimated)
  • Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Breeds in Brazil

Plain white, as in all tapaculo eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).

Sources of information

Size
Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Scytalopus fuscus, Scytalopus latrans, Scytalopus magellanicus, Scytalopus micropterus, Scytalopus pachecoi ….
Description
Schönwetter, M. 1960–1992. Handbuch der Oologie (ed. W. Meise), Lieferung 14. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin., pdf p. 59.
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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