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Illustration of a Highland Guan (Penelopina nigra) egg, 88.2 × 64.5 mm
Illustration © 2026 Lincoln Savi, Savi Made. Free to use with credit.

Penelopina nigra

  • 88.2 × 64.5 mm
  • Speculative: we haven't found a documented description of this egg yet, so we estimated its colours and markings from related birds.
Breeds in Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua

No documented description found yet; drawn like the Crested Guan egg (same family).

Sources of information

Size
Average of 20 eggs: Schönwetter, M. 1960–1992. Handbuch der Oologie (ed. W. Meise), Lieferung 4. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin., p. 204.
Description
Estimated, no description found: drawn like a related egg (Crested Guan).
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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