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Illustration of a Turquoise-browed Motmot (Eumomota superciliosa) egg, 26.5 × 22.5 mm
Illustration © 2026 Lincoln Savi, Savi Made. Free to use with credit.

Eumomota superciliosa

  • 26.5 × 22.5 mm
  • Clutch: 3–5 eggs
Breeds in Mexico, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua

Pure white, unmarked, short-ovate (kingfisher-like).

Sources of information

Size
Average of 15 eggs: Skutch, A. F. 1947. Life history of the Turquoise-browed Motmot. The Auk 64(2): 201-217., p. 209.
Description
Skutch, A. F. 1947. Life history of the Turquoise-browed Motmot. The Auk 64(2): 201-217., pp. 205, 209, 216.
Agrees with: Scott, P. E. & Martin, R. F. 1986. Clutch size and fledging success in the Turquoise-browed Motmot. The Auk 103(1): 8-13. [clutch; egg weights only], pp. 8-9.
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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