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Illustration of a Red-legged Tinamou (Crypturellus erythropus) egg, 50.8 × 39 mm
Illustration © 2026 Lincoln Savi, Savi Made. Free to use with credit.

Crypturellus erythropus

  • 50.8 × 39 mm (approx.)
Breeds in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela

Unmarked, glossy, pale greyish-lavender with a variable pink suffusion.

Sources of information

Size
Ihering, H. von 1900. Catalogo critico-comparativo dos ninhos e ovos das aves do Brazil. Revista do Museu Paulista 4: 191-300., p. 314.
Description
Wikipedia, Red-legged 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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