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Illustration of a Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus) egg, 28.5 × 21 mm
Illustration © 2026 Lincoln Savi, Savi Made. Free to use with credit.

Pitangus sulphuratus

  • 28.5 × 21 mm
  • Clutch: 2–5 eggs
Breeds in United States, Mexico, Central America (7 countries), Trinidad and Tobago and South America (12 countries)
show all 22Canada & United States: United States
Mexico: 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

Creamy white, sparingly spotted with reddish brown and lilac.

Sources of information

Size
Average of 50 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Flycatchers, Larks, Swallows, and Their Allies (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 179, 1942), p. 95.
Agrees with: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Great Kiskadee, Life History.
Description
Bent, Life Histories of North American Flycatchers, Larks, Swallows, and Their Allies (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 179, 1942), p. 95.
Drawing checked against a photo: de la Peña 2025, Aves Argentinas tomo 9, p. 182.
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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