Colibri coruscans
- 14.9 × 10.3 mm
- Clutch: 2 eggs
Breeds in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela
Plain white, unmarked.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 4 eggs: Zerda-Ordóñez 1994, Universitas Scientiarum 2(1): 65-85.
- Description
- Musschenga, Juiña & Cadena-Ortiz 2022, Breeding biology of the Sparkling Violetear Colibri coruscans in Quito. Rev. Ecuat. Ornitol. 8: 51-66; secondary: Vásquez-Ávila 2023, Desarrollo de polluelos y comportamiento maternal del Orejivioleta Ventriazul Colibri coruscans. Rev. Ecuat. Ornitol. 9: 123-130; secondary: Zerda-Ordóñez 1994, Historia natural del tominejo, Colibrí coruscans coruscans. Universitas Scientiarum 2(1): 65-85.
- 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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