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Illustration of a Grey-headed Kite (Leptodon cayanensis) egg, 53.85 × 43.6 mm
Illustration © 2026 Lincoln Savi, Savi Made. Free to use with credit.

Leptodon cayanensis

  • 53.85 × 43.6 mm (approx.)
Breeds in Mexico, Central America (7 countries), Trinidad and Tobago and South America (11 countries)
show all 20Mexico: Mexico
Central America: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
The Caribbean: Trinidad and Tobago
South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela

Elliptical, plain white.

Sources of information

Size
Wetmore, A. 1965. The birds of the Republic of Panamá, part 1 (Tinamidae to Rynchopidae). Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 150(1)., p. 188.
Description
Wetmore 1965 (Birds of Panama pt 1).
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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