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Illustration of a Scaled Antpitta (Grallaria guatimalensis) egg, 31.08 × 25.1 mm
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Grallaria guatimalensis

  • 31.08 × 25.1 mm
  • Clutch: 2 eggs
Breeds in Mexico, Central America (6 countries) and South America (7 countries)
show all 14Mexico: Mexico
Central America: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
South America: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Venezuela

Usually unmarked, pale blue to turquoise blue; two clutches from Ecuador were pure white.

Sources of information

Size
Average of 14 eggs: Greeney 2018, Antpittas and Gnateaters (Helm Identification Guides, Bloomsbury), p. 188.
Description
Greeney 2018, Antpittas and Gnateaters (Helm Identification Guides, Bloomsbury), p. 188.
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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