Chaco Chachalaca Ortalis canicollis
Described by: Wagler (1830)
Alternate common name(s): Grey-headed Chachalaca, Gray-headed Chachalaca
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors ...
Chaco Chachalaca (Ortalis canicollis)
The Chaco Chachalaca is found in the centre of South America where Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil meet. There are two subspecies and this one is the O.c.
Plain chachalaca Ortalis vetula
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Length: 18 inches Wingspan: 26 inches
Sexes similar
Large, small-headed, round-winged, long-tailed, ground-dwelling bird
Plain brown plumage, darker on upperparts ...
Plain Chachalaca ( Ortalis vetula )
Plain Chachalaca, Martin Homestead Refuge, Edinburg, Texas
Photograph by Alan And Elaine Wilson. Some rights reserved. (view image details) ...
The Plain Chachalaca (Ortalis vetula) is member of the guan family which ranges from extreme south Texas southward to Costa Rica.
Chachalacas, genus Ortalis, are ground-feeding turkeylike birds so named because of their loud, harsh calls, which sound like cha-cha-la-ca. They are commonly found in wooded areas throughout South and Central America.
Diet The plain chachalaca eats leaves, grain, berries, buds and sometimes insects.
Life Cycle The female will lay three to four eggs in a nest made of sticks and lined with moss and leaves. Occasionally they will use the old nest of other birds.
Chachalaca, Plain Ortalis vetula Found: The Americas (southern most Texas to northern most Costa Rica)
Photographed by Alan D Wilson at Martin Homestead Refuge, Edinburg, Texas
Guineafowls
Order Galliformes Family Numididae ...
Chachalacas have short, rounded wings and long tails. These birds are generally very vocal. Many have bare skin between their eyes and their bill, or on their throat. They nest in trees and lay white eggs.
Species in this family: ...
The chachalacas, guans and curassows are birds in the family Cracidae. These are large birds, similar in general appearance to turkeys. The guans and curassows live in trees, but the smaller chachalacas are found in more open scrubby habitats.
Plain Chachalaca (Ortalis vetula)
Rufous-vented Chachalaca (Ortalis ruficauda)
Chats (Parulidae)
Chickadees ...
Speackled Chachalaca - Ortalis guttata. Very common, you often see them crossing the road.
Red-bellied Macaw - Orthopsitta manilata. 50+ in flight, which is very common to see in both morning and afternoon.
CRACIDAE - Chachalacas, Curassows, Guans
Photo-gallery: Plain Chachalacas (Texas)
PHASIANIDAE - Pheasant, Fowl, and Allies ...
The following groups are generally recognized: Megapodiidae (megapodes), Cracidae (currasows, guans, chachalacas), Phasianidae (phasianid galliforms including: pheasants, partridges and francolins, turkeys, and grouse).
(kyûr´s´´), common name for the largest members of an order of game birds called pigeon-toed fowls, which includes the white-crested guan and the rufous-bellied chachalaca, Ortalis wagleri.
Rufous headed chachalaca (Ortalis erythroptera)
Buddleja (Buddleja lanata)
Chestnut-bellied cotinga (Doliornis remseni)
Giant armadillo (Priodontes maximus)
White-tailed shrike-tyrant (Agriornis albicauda) ...
Order: Galliformes - Game birds and such. Includes Megapodes, Chachalacas, Guans, Grouse, Turkeys, Pheasants, Guineafowl and New World Quail.
 See also: Quail, Turkey, Curassow, Pheasant, Swift
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