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Illustration of a Sungrebe (Heliornis fulica) egg, 26.73 × 20.57 mm
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Heliornis fulica

  • 26.73 × 20.57 mm
  • Clutch: 3–4 eggs
Breeds in Mexico, Central America (7 countries) and South America (11 countries)
show all 19Mexico: Mexico
Central America: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela

Buffy white, finely spotted all over with cinnamon and pale purple.

Sources of information

Size
Wetmore, A. 1965. The birds of the Republic of Panamá, part 1 (Tinamidae to Rynchopidae). Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 150(1)., p. 368.
Description
Wetmore 1965, The Birds of the Republic of Panamá, Part 1 (Smithsonian 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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