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Illustration of a Rufous-throated Sapphire (Hylocharis sapphirina) egg, 14.8 × 9 mm
Illustration © 2026 Lincoln Savi, Savi Made. Free to use with credit.

Hylocharis sapphirina

  • 14.8 × 9 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 South America (9 countries)
show all 9South America: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela

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 2 eggs: Schönwetter, M. 1960–1992. Handbuch der Oologie (ed. W. Meise), Lieferung 11. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin., p. 673.
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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