Hylocharis chrysura
- 13.2 × 8.6 mm
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet.
Breeds in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 4 eggs: de la Peña, M. R. 2025. Aves Argentinas: descripción, comportamiento, reproducción y distribución. Comunicaciones del Museo Provincial de Ciencias Naturales "Florentino Ameghino" (Nueva Serie). Santa Fe., tomo 3, p. 138.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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