Megascops barbarus
- 35 × 31 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 Mexico, Guatemala
Plain white, as in all owl eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Nehrkorn, A. 1899. Katalog der Eiersammlung nebst Beschreibungen der aussereuropäischen Eier. Braunschweig.
- Description
- Schönwetter, M. 1960–1992. Handbuch der Oologie (ed. W. Meise), Lieferung 10. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin., pdf p. 25.
- 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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