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Illustration of a Green-rumped Parrotlet (Forpus passerinus) egg, 17.5 × 14.3 mm
Illustration © 2026 Lincoln Savi, Savi Made. Free to use with credit.

Forpus passerinus

  • 17.5 × 14.3 mm
  • Clutch: 2–5 eggs
Breeds in the Caribbean and South America (6 countries)
show all 9The Caribbean: Curaçao, Trinidad and Tobago, Caribbean islands
South America: Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela

White, unmarked, glossless.

Sources of information

Size
Average of 9 eggs: Hellebrekers, W. P. J. 1942. Revision of the Penard oölogical collection from Surinam. Zoologische Mededelingen 24: 240–275., p. 249.
Description
Hellebrekers, W.P.J. 1942. Revision of the Penard oölogical collection from Surinam. Zoologische Mededelingen 24 (Suriname).
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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