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Illustration of a Green-backed Trogon (Trogon viridis) egg, 30.9 × 23.7 mm
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Trogon viridis

  • 30.9 × 23.7 mm
  • Clutch: 2–3 eggs
Breeds in Trinidad and Tobago and South America (9 countries)
show all 10The Caribbean: Trinidad and Tobago
South America: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela

White, unmarked, moderately glossy.

Sources of information

Size
Hellebrekers, W. P. J. 1942. Revision of the Penard oölogical collection from Surinam. Zoologische Mededelingen 24: 240–275., pp. 252-253.
Description
Hellebrekers, W.P.J. 1942. Revision of the Penard oölogical collection from Surinam. Zoologische Mededelingen 24 (Suriname, as Trogon strigilatus).
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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