Daptrius chimachima
- 43.2 × 34.8 mm
- Clutch: 2 eggs
Breeds in Central America (4 countries), the Caribbean and South America (12 countries)
The Caribbean: Aruba, Trinidad and Tobago
South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela
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Central America: Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, PanamaThe Caribbean: Aruba, Trinidad and Tobago
South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela
Buff to yellowish brown, heavily blotched and smeared with deep red and dark mahogany, often almost wholly red-brown.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 24 eggs: Schönwetter, M. 1960–1992. Handbuch der Oologie (ed. W. Meise), Lieferung 3. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin., p. 186.
- Description
- Wetmore 1965, Birds of the Republic of Panama pt 1 (after Wolfe 1938), pp. 274–276.
- 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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