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Illustration of a Swallow Tanager (Tersina viridis) egg, 21.5 × 15 mm
Illustration © 2026 Lincoln Savi, Savi Made. Free to use with credit.

Tersina viridis

  • 21.5 × 15 mm
  • Clutch: 3 eggs
Breeds in Panama, Trinidad and Tobago and South America (11 countries)
show all 13Central America: Panama
The Caribbean: Trinidad and Tobago
South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela

Porcelain white, unmarked.

Sources of information

Size
Schaefer 1953 (Auk 70), quoted in Wetmore, A., R. F. Pasquier & S. L. Olson 1984. The birds of the Republic of Panamá, part 4. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 150(4)., p. 391.
Description
Wetmore, Pasquier & Olson 1984, The Birds of the Republic of Panama, part 4.
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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