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Illustration of a Boat-billed Flycatcher (Megarynchus pitangua) egg, 29.98 × 21.33 mm
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Megarynchus pitangua

  • 29.98 × 21.33 mm
  • Clutch: 2–3 eggs
Breeds in Mexico, Central America (7 countries), Trinidad and Tobago and South America (12 countries)
show all 21Mexico: Mexico
Central America: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
The Caribbean: Trinidad and Tobago
South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela

Whitish, thickly speckled and blotched with brown and pale lilac over the whole surface, densest at the thick end.

Sources of information

Size
Wetmore, A. 1972. The Birds of the Republic of Panamá, Part 3. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 150(3), scan leaf 415.
Agrees with: Skutch, A. F. 1951. Life history of the Boat-billed Flycatcher. The Auk 68: 30-37 (citing Belcher & Smooker 1937, Ibis: 233), p. 37.
Description
Skutch, A. F. 1960. Life histories of Central American birds II. Pacific Coast Avifauna 34., p. 354.
Agrees with: Wetmore, A. 1972. The birds of the Republic of Panamá, part 3. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 150(3)..
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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