Crypturellus transfasciatus
- 45.23 × 36.9 mm
- Clutch: 4–7 eggs
Breeds in Ecuador, Peru
Glossy dusky pink (from nest photos).
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 9 eggs: Greeney, H. F. et al. 2020. Notes on the breeding biology of the Tumbesian avifauna. Revista Ecuatoriana de Ornitología 6: 1-54., p. 33.
- Description
- 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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