Tinamus guttatus
- 54.8 × 45.5 mm
- Clutch: 5–6 eggs
Breeds in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela
Unmarked, glossy turquoise.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 24 eggs: Schönwetter, M. 1960–1992. Handbuch der Oologie (ed. W. Meise), Lieferung 1. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin., p. 41.
- Description
- Planet of Birds, White-throated Tinamou (Tinamus guttatus), 2011.
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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