Eupsittula canicularis
- 25.3 × 20.5 mm
- Clutch: 3–5 eggs
Breeds in Mexico, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Caribbean islands
White, unmarked, elliptical to rounded eggs; clutch 3–5.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 7 eggs: Schönwetter, M. 1960–1992. Handbuch der Oologie (ed. W. Meise), Lieferung 9. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin., p. 517.
- Description
- De Labra-Hernández, M. A. 2022. Observaciones sobre el comportamiento reproductivo del perico frente naranja Eupsittula canicularis (Psittacidae) en el Jardín Botánico de la Universidad del Mar campus Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca. Huitzil, Revista Mexicana de Ornitología 23(2): e644. doi:10.28947/hrmo.2022.23.2.666, p. 4 (eggs); p. 3 and p. 7 (clutch 3–5 per Hardy 1963).
Agrees with: Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology egg set WFVZ 167604, Aratinga canicularis eburnirostrum, Presidio near Mazatlán, Sinaloa, 8 Apr 1882, clutchSize 5 (no measurements), via GBIF occurrence 727790306. - 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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