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Illustration of a Graceful Black-throated Trogon (Trogon tenellus) egg, 28.8 × 22.6 mm
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Trogon tenellus

  • 28.8 × 22.6 mm
  • Clutch: 2 eggs
Breeds in Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia

White, unmarked, with slight gloss; bluntly ovate.

Sources of information

Size
Average of 3 eggs: Wetmore, A. 1968. The birds of the Republic of Panamá, part 2. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 150(2)., p. 415.
Description
Skutch, A. F. 1959, Life history of the Black-throated Trogon, Wilson Bulletin 71: 5-18.
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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