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Illustration of a Rufous Crab Hawk (Buteogallus aequinoctialis) egg, 56.7 × 43.8 mm
Illustration © 2026 Lincoln Savi, Savi Made. Free to use with credit.

Buteogallus aequinoctialis

  • 56.7 × 43.8 mm
  • Clutch: 1 egg
Breeds in Trinidad and Tobago, Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela

Dirty white, spotted with yellowish brown and reddish brown, some with brown hair lines.

Sources of information

Size
Average of 11 eggs: Hellebrekers, W. P. J. 1942. Revision of the Penard oölogical collection from Surinam. Zoologische Mededelingen 24: 240–275., p. 248.
Description
Hellebrekers, W.Ph.J. (1942). Revision of the Penard oological collection from Surinam. Zoologische Mededelingen 24.
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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