Phaethornis malaris
- 14.2 × 9.4 mm (estimated)
- Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
- Clutch: 2 eggs
Breeds in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela
All white.
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Phaethornis augusti, Phaethornis eurynome, Phaethornis guy, Phaethornis longirostris, Phaethornis longuemareus ….
- Description
- Greeney, Gelis & White 2004, Notes on breeding birds from an Ecuadorian lowland forest, Bull. B.O.C. 124: 28–37, p. 31.
- 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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