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Illustration of a Grey-fronted Dove (Leptotila rufaxilla) egg, 27.7 × 21.1 mm
Illustration © 2026 Lincoln Savi, Savi Made. Free to use with credit.

Leptotila rufaxilla

  • 27.7 × 21.1 mm
  • Clutch: 1–3 eggs
Breeds in Trinidad and Tobago and South America (12 countries)
show all 13The Caribbean: Trinidad and Tobago
South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela

White, unmarked (as all pigeons).

Sources of information

Size
Average of 28 eggs: Hellebrekers, W. P. J. 1942. Revision of the Penard oölogical collection from Surinam. Zoologische Mededelingen 24: 240–275., p. 247.
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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