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Illustration of a Patagonian Tinamou (Tinamotis ingoufi) egg, 54 × 41 mm
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Tinamotis ingoufi

  • 54 × 41 mm (approx.)
  • Clutch: 8–16 eggs
Breeds in Argentina, Chile

Light olive, glossy, with abundant small whitish calcareous granules.

Sources of information

Size
de la Peña, M. R. 2025. Aves Argentinas: descripción, comportamiento, reproducción y distribución. Comunicaciones del Museo Provincial de Ciencias Naturales "Florentino Ameghino" (Nueva Serie). Santa Fe., tomo 1, p. 83.
Description
Ministerio del Medio Ambiente (Chile), Ficha RCE 14, Tinamotis ingoufi, p. 2; support: Red de Observadores de Aves (Chile), Perdiz austral (clutch, citing De la Peña 2016).
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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