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Illustration of a Collared Trogon (Trogon collaris) egg, 28.33 × 22.33 mm
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Trogon collaris

  • 28.33 × 22.33 mm
  • Clutch: 2 eggs
Breeds in Mexico, Central America (7 countries), Trinidad and Tobago and South America (9 countries)
show all 18Mexico: Mexico
Central America: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
The Caribbean: Trinidad and Tobago
South America: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela

White, smooth, slightly glossy; short subelliptical to short oval.

Sources of information

Size
Wetmore, A. 1968. The birds of the Republic of Panamá. Part 2. Columbidae (pigeons) to Picidae (woodpeckers). Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 150(2)., pp. 407-408 (printed page inferred from scan position, i.e. search-index leaf minus 12; read via archive.org page OCR).
Description
Wetmore, A. 1968. The Birds of the Republic of Panamá, pt 2. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 150(2).
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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