Baryphthengus ruficapillus
- 40.5 × 33 mm (approx.)
- 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, Brazil, Paraguay
Plain white, as in all motmot eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Ihering, H. von 1900. Catalogo critico-comparativo dos ninhos e ovos das aves do Brazil. Revista do Museu Paulista 4: 191-300., p. 276.
- 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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