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Illustration of a White-whiskered Puffbird (Malacoptila panamensis) egg, 27.8 × 21.8 mm
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Malacoptila panamensis

  • 27.8 × 21.8 mm
  • Clutch: 2 eggs
Breeds in Mexico, Central America (6 countries) and South America (3 countries)
show all 10Mexico: Mexico
Central America: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
South America: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru

Plain white with distinct gloss, short and blunt.

Sources of information

Size
Skutch, A. F., quoted in Wetmore, A. 1968. The birds of the Republic of Panamá, part 2. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 150(2)., p. 482.
Description
Wetmore 1968, The Birds of the Republic of Panama, pt 2 (Smithson. 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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