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Illustration of a Great Tinamou (Tinamus major) egg, 59.43 × 46.51 mm
Illustration © 2026 Lincoln Savi, Savi Made. Free to use with credit.

Tinamus major

  • 59.43 × 46.51 mm
Breeds in Mexico, Central America (6 countries) and South America (9 countries)
show all 16Mexico: Mexico
Central America: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
South America: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela

Glossy turquoise.

Sources of information

Size
Average of 12 eggs: Wetmore, A. 1965. The birds of the Republic of Panamá, part 1. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 150(1)., p. 14.
Description
Wikipedia: Great tinamou.
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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