Sublegatus arenarum
- 18.5 × 14 mm
- Clutch: 2 eggs
Breeds in Central America (2 countries), the Caribbean and South America (5 countries)
The Caribbean: Aruba, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Curaçao, Trinidad and Tobago
South America: Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
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Central America: Costa Rica, PanamaThe Caribbean: Aruba, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Curaçao, Trinidad and Tobago
South America: Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
Faintly creamy white, finely spotted with chestnut-brown and a few lilac spots, mainly in a slight wreath near the larger end.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 6 eggs: Wetmore, A. 1972. The birds of the Republic of Panamá, part 3. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 150(3)., pp. 572–573.
- Description
- Wetmore 1972, The Birds of the Republic of Panamá, Part 3 (Smithsonian 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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