Tachyphonus rufus
- 23.83 × 17.87 mm
- Clutch: 1–4 eggs
Breeds in Central America (2 countries), Trinidad and Tobago and South America (11 countries)
The Caribbean: Trinidad and Tobago
South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela
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Central America: Costa Rica, PanamaThe Caribbean: Trinidad and Tobago
South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela
Cream to greyish cream with a few large irregular blackish-brown blotches, scattered small dots and hair-lines, few grey undermarks.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 50 eggs: Hellebrekers, W. P. J. 1942. Revision of the Penard oölogical collection from Surinam. Zoologische Mededelingen 24: 240–275., p. 272.
- Description
- Hauber et al. 2014, The Book of Eggs, p. 570; supporting: Hellebrekers 1942, Zoologische Mededelingen 24 (Penard egg collection, Suriname); supporting: 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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