Nyctiprogne leucopyga
- 27.2 × 20 mm
- Speculative: we haven't found a documented description of this egg yet, so we estimated its colours and markings from related birds.
Breeds in South America (9 countries)
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South America: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, VenezuelaCream or white, with small dark blotches.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 2 eggs: Schönwetter, M. 1960–1992. Handbuch der Oologie (ed. W. Meise), Lieferung 11. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin., p. 643.
- Description
- Cleere, N. 2010. Nightjars, Potoos, Frogmouths, Oilbird and Owlet-nightjars of the World - via Wikipedia.
- 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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