Monasa atra
- 27.2 × 23.2 mm (estimated)
- Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Breeds in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
Pure white, glossy, roundish.
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Monasa morphoeus, Monasa nigrifrons.
- Description
- Penard, F. P. & A. P. Penard 1908. De vogels van Guyana (Suriname, Cayenne en Demerara), deel 1. Paramaribo., p. 568; Skutch 1972, p. 113.
- 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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