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Illustration of a Great Antpitta (Grallaria excelsa) egg, 30.7 × 24.8 mm
Illustration © 2026 Lincoln Savi, Savi Made. Free to use with credit.

Grallaria excelsa

  • 30.7 × 24.8 mm (estimated)
  • Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Breeds in Venezuela

Turquoise blue, unmarked.

Sources of information

Size
Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Grallaria alleni, Grallaria andicolus, Grallaria guatimalensis, Grallaria haplonota, Grallaria hypoleuca ….
Description
Greeney 2018, Antpittas and Gnateaters (Helm Identification Guides, Bloomsbury), p. 166.
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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