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 LC    Rufous-bellied Chachalaca* Id (Atlas):
    Ortalis wagleri Endemic

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Rufous-bellied Chachalaca, Wagler's Chachalaca

Family
Cracidae (Guans, Chachalacas, Curassows)

Size
60 - 61 cm

First Described (Guide)
Gray, 1867

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry forest, dry savanna. From sea-level - 1,300 m.

Range (Guide)
Mexico (B).

Western Mexico, from southern Sonora south to north-western Jalisco.
 
Population
Estimated population is 50,000 - 499,999 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Four notes uttered as a raucous chorus, 'cha-cha-la-ca'.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (20)...)

 
Rufous-bellied Chachalaca (Ortalis wagleri) [XC830261]
     by id from Matanch\u00e9n, San Blas, Nayarit, Mexico (call)

 
Rufous-bellied Chachalaca (Ortalis wagleri) [XC352709]
     by Richard E. Webster from Tecuitata (pueblo), San Blas, Nayarit, Mexico (song)

Subspecies
Forms superspecies with West Mexican Chachalaca (Ortalis poliocephala). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of West Mexican Chachalaca (Ortalis poliocephala).

Population of Sonora was assigned subspecies griseiceps, but it is not usually recognized.

No subspecies.

Similar Species
Like Plain Chachalaca (Ortalis vetula) but belly, untacs, and tail tip are rufous.


References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Rufous-bellied Chachalaca (Ortalis wagleri) - 10 files


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