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Illustration of a Marbled Wood Quail (Odontophorus gujanensis) egg, 38.4 × 28.4 mm
Illustration © 2026 Lincoln Savi, Savi Made. Free to use with credit.

Odontophorus gujanensis

  • 38.4 × 28.4 mm
  • Clutch: 4 eggs
Breeds in Central America (2 countries) and South America (9 countries)
show all 11Central America: Costa Rica, Panama
South America: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela

Glossy white with a very faint buff tint, unmarked (occasionally finely spotted).

Sources of information

Size
Average of 4 eggs: Hellebrekers, W. P. J. 1942. Revision of the Penard oölogical collection from Surinam. Zoologische Mededelingen 24: 240–275., p. 246.
Description
Hellebrekers, W. P. J. 1942. Revision of the Penard oological collection from Surinam. Zool. Meded. 24; supporting: Wetmore, A. 1965. The Birds of the Republic of Panama, pt 1. 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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