Augastes scutatus
- 13.4 × 8.8 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 Brazil
Plain white, unmarked.
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Schuchmann & Kirwan 2020, Hyacinth Visorbearer, Birds of the World (Cornell Lab), doi:10.2173/bow.hyavis1.01 (quoted on Wikipedia 'Hyacinth visorbearer').
- Clutch
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds.
- 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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