Laterallus exilis
- 31.15 × 23.25 mm (approx.)
- Clutch: 3 eggs
Breeds in Mexico, Central America (6 countries), Trinidad and Tobago and South America (11 countries)
Central America: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
The Caribbean: Trinidad and Tobago
South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela
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Mexico: MexicoCentral America: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
The Caribbean: Trinidad and Tobago
South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela
Cream, smooth, little gloss, with dark brown spots and pale grey underlying marks, thickest at the large end.
Sources of information
- Size
- Schönwetter, M. 1962. Handbuch der Oologie, pt 6 (p. 346), quoted in Wetmore, A. 1965. The birds of the Republic of Panamá, part 1 (Tinamidae to Rynchopidae). Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 150(1)., p. 357.
Agrees with: Belcher, C. & G. D. Smooker 1935. Ibis (p. 284), quoted in Wetmore, A. 1965. The birds of the Republic of Panamá, part 1 (Tinamidae to Rynchopidae). Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 150(1)., pp. 356-357. - Description
- Wetmore 1965, The Birds of the Republic of Panama, pt 1 (Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 150) (quoting Schönwetter 1962).
- 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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