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Illustration of a Band-tailed Manakin (Pipra fasciicauda) egg, 20.75 × 15.5 mm
Illustration © 2026 Lincoln Savi, Savi Made. Free to use with credit.

Pipra fasciicauda

  • 20.75 × 15.5 mm
Breeds in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru

Greyish white, almost entirely covered with lengthwise purplish-brown streaks and small elongated spots.

Sources of information

Size
Oniki & Willis 1983, A study of breeding birds of the Belém area, Brazil: IV. Formicariidae to Pipridae, Ciência e Cultura 35(9): 1325–1329, p. 1327.
Description
Schönwetter, M. 1960–1992. Handbuch der Oologie (ed. W. Meise), Lieferung 15. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin., pdf p. 64.
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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