Leucopternis melanops
- 53.9 × 42.8 mm (estimated)
- Speculative: we haven't found a description of this egg (a source we checked reports it as undescribed), so we estimated its colours and markings and its size from related birds.
Breeds in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela
No documented description found yet; drawn like the Red-shouldered Hawk egg (same family).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Accipiter striatus, Aquila chrysaetos, Astur atricapillus, Astur bicolor, Astur cooperii ….
- Description
- Estimated, no description found: drawn like a related egg (Red-shouldered Hawk).
- 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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