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Illustration of a Streaked Flycatcher (Myiodynastes maculatus) egg, 27.46 × 18.32 mm
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Myiodynastes maculatus

  • 27.46 × 18.32 mm
  • Clutch: 2–3 eggs
Breeds in Mexico, Central America (4 countries), Trinidad and Tobago and South America (12 countries)
show all 18Mexico: Mexico
Central America: Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua
The Caribbean: Trinidad and Tobago
South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela

Whitish to pinkish cream, heavily marked all over with cherry-red/reddish-brown and lilac spots, heaviest in a wreath at the larger end.

Sources of information

Size
Wetmore, A. 1972. The Birds of the Republic of Panamá, Part 3. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 150(3), scan leaf 409.
Agrees with: Hellebrekers, W. Ph. J. 1942. Revision of the Penard oölogical collection from Surinam. Zoologische Mededelingen 24, p. 261.
Description
Skutch, A. F. 1960. Life histories of Central American birds II. Pacific Coast Avifauna 34.
Agrees with: Wetmore, A. 1972. The birds of the Republic of Panamá, part 3. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 150(3)., p. 399; Hellebrekers, W. Ph. J. 1942. Revision of the Penard oölogical collection from Surinam. Zoologische Mededelingen 24., p. 261.
Drawing checked against a photo: de la Peña 2025, Aves Argentinas tomo 9, p. 206.
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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