Ortalis motmot
- 61.8 × 42.9 mm
Breeds in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
Dull white, coarse-grained and rough, glossless.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 8 eggs: Schönwetter, M. 1960–1992. Handbuch der Oologie (ed. W. Meise), Lieferung 4. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin., p. 205.
- Description
- Nehrkorn 1899 (Katalog der Eiersammlung).
- 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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