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Illustration of a Fork-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus savana) egg, 24.1 × 17.5 mm
Illustration © 2026 Lincoln Savi, Savi Made. Free to use with credit.

Tyrannus savana

  • 24.1 × 17.5 mm
Breeds in Mexico, Central America (6 countries) and South America (10 countries)
show all 17Mexico: Mexico
Central America: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela

Creamy white, slightly glossy, spotted and blotched lavender-grey and purplish or reddish brown, often in a zone at the broad end.

Sources of information

Size
Average of 72 eggs: Schönwetter, M. 1960–1992. Handbuch der Oologie (ed. W. Meise), Lieferung 15. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin., pp. 94, 95.
Description
Oates & Reid 1903 (BM Egg Catalogue vol 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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