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Illustration of a Brown Tinamou (Crypturellus obsoletus) egg, 49.1 × 35.3 mm
Illustration © 2026 Lincoln Savi, Savi Made. Free to use with credit.

Crypturellus obsoletus

  • 49.1 × 35.3 mm
  • Clutch: 3–5 eggs
Breeds in South America (9 countries)
show all 9South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela

Unmarked, glossy, deep pink to chocolate brown.

Sources of information

Size
Average of 40 eggs: Schönwetter, M. 1960–1992. Handbuch der Oologie (ed. W. Meise), Lieferung 1. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin., p. 42.
Description
Neotropical Birds (historic account), Brown Tinamou, Breeding (citing Osgood & Conover 1922; Frisch & Frisch 1964); support: Wikipedia, Brown tinamou.
Agrees with: Li, Chen & Wang 2022, Tinamou egg color displacement at eco-geographical and song space overlap (bioRxiv 10.1101/2022.09.27.509793), Fig. 1 egg colours from nest photos (Schläpfer 2017).
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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