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Illustration of a Blue-and-yellow Macaw (Ara ararauna) egg, 49.37 × 36.8 mm
Illustration © 2026 Lincoln Savi, Savi Made. Free to use with credit.

Ara ararauna

  • 49.37 × 36.8 mm
  • Clutch: 2 eggs
Breeds in Panama, the Caribbean and South America (10 countries)
show all 13Central America: Panama
The Caribbean: Trinidad and Tobago, Caribbean islands
South America: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela

White, smooth and glossy (some eggs glossless and stained).

Sources of information

Size
Average of 3 eggs: Hellebrekers, W. P. J. 1942. Revision of the Penard oölogical collection from Surinam. Zoologische Mededelingen 24: 240–275., pp. 248–249.
Description
Hellebrekers, W. P. J. 1942. Revision of the Penard oological collection from Surinam. Zool. Meded. 24; supporting: Wetmore, A. 1968. The Birds of the Republic of Panama, pt 2. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 150.
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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