Myiozetetes cayanensis
- 22.53 × 16.05 mm
- Clutch: 1–3 eggs
Breeds in Central America (2 countries) and South America (10 countries)
South America: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela
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Central America: Costa Rica, PanamaSouth America: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela
White to creamy white with a wreath of reddish- to purplish-brown spots at the larger end, a scattering elsewhere and a few grey-purple undermarks; some nearly unmarked.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 50 eggs: Hellebrekers, W. P. J. 1942. Revision of the Penard oölogical collection from Surinam. Zoologische Mededelingen 24: 240–275., p. 260.
- Description
- Skutch 1960 (Pacific Coast Avifauna 34).
Agrees with: Hellebrekers 1942 (Zool. Meded. 24); Wetmore 1972 (Birds of Panama pt 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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