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Illustration of a Double-striped Thick-knee (Hesperoburhinus bistriatus) egg, 40.8 × 28.9 mm
Illustration © 2026 Lincoln Savi, Savi Made. Free to use with credit.

Hesperoburhinus bistriatus

  • 40.8 × 28.9 mm (estimated)
  • Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Breeds in Mexico, Central America (5 countries), the Caribbean and South America (4 countries)
show all 11Mexico: Mexico
Central America: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua
The Caribbean: Caribbean islands
South America: Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Venezuela

Yellowish brown with a few black or blackish-brown lines and spots.

Sources of information

Size
Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same egg group: Actitis macularius, Anarhynchus alticola, Anarhynchus collaris, Anarhynchus falklandicus, Anarhynchus mongolus ….
Description
Penard, F. P. & A. P. Penard 1908. De vogels van Guyana (Suriname, Cayenne en Demerara), deel 1. Paramaribo., p. 287.
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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