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Illustration of a White-throated Crake (Laterallus albigularis) egg, 31.2 × 23.8 mm
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Laterallus albigularis

  • 31.2 × 23.8 mm
  • Clutch: 3–5 eggs
Breeds in Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela

Light creamy white with small scattered cinnamon, cinnamon-brown and lilac spots, more at the large end; no gloss.

Sources of information

Size
Average of 25 eggs: Schönwetter, M. 1960–1992. Handbuch der Oologie (ed. W. Meise), Lieferung 6. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin., p. 346.
Description
Wetmore, A. 1965. The Birds of the Republic of Panama, pt 1. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 150, pp. 351-355.
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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