Chlorophonia elegantissima
- 16.3 × 13.1 mm (approx.)
- Clutch: 2 eggs
Breeds in Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
Creamy white, thickly dotted with fine very dark purplish-brown and dull chestnut spots.
Sources of information
- Size
- Ogilvie-Grant, W. R. 1912. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 5. London.
- Description
- Wetmore, Pasquier & Olson 1984, The Birds of the Republic of Panama, pt 4 (Smithson. Misc. Coll. 150).
- 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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