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Illustration of a Spot-tailed Nightjar (Antiurus maculicaudus) egg, 24.3 × 19 mm
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Antiurus maculicaudus

  • 24.3 × 19 mm
Breeds in Mexico, Central America (2 countries) and South America (11 countries)
show all 14Mexico: Mexico
Central America: Honduras, Nicaragua
South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela

Salmon or pinkish, with small wine-red spots.

Sources of information

Size
Average of 3 eggs: Schönwetter, M. 1960–1992. Handbuch der Oologie (ed. W. Meise), Lieferung 11. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin., p. 646.
Description
Haverschmidt, F. 1968. Birds of Surinam. Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh and London., p. 168.
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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