Abstract
We provide a summary of published information on eggs of the endemic Sucre Antpitta Grallaricula cumanensis from Venezuela. Following the formal description of the eggs of G. c. cumanensis more than a half century ago, the natural history and breeding biology of the species still remains virtually unknown. During our investigation of inconsistencies in the linear measurements in the literature, we examined the original collection labels associated with the only three egg sets known for the Sucre Antpitta, all held at the Finnish Museum of Natural History. Herein we provide corrected linear measurements for the eggs of the Sucre Antpitta, previously unpublished information from the labels, and discuss the probable inaccuracy of the collecting locality.
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Marcuk, Vladislav; Boer, Donovan de; and Greeney, Harold F.
(2019)
"A critical review of egg descriptions for the Sucre Antpitta Grallaricula cumanensis based on the Ragnar Kreuger oological collection of the Finnish Museum of Natural History, Finland / Revisión Crítica de la Descripción de los Huevos del Ponchito de Sucre Grallaricula cumanensis Basados en la Colección Oológica Ragnar Kreuger del Museo Finlandés de Historia Natural, Finlandia,"
Revista Venezolana de Ornitología: Vol. 9
:
Iss.
1
, Article 12.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/rvo/vol9/iss1/12