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 LC    White-bellied Chachalaca* Id (Atlas):
    Ortalis leucogastra

Description (10)
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Family
Cracidae (Guans, Chachalacas, Curassows)

Size
60 - 61 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gould, 1843)

Habitat
Bushy overgrown fields or clearings, borders, hedgerows, thickets. From sea-level - 1,500 m.

Range (Guide)
Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua.

Extreme south-western Mexico (south-eastern Chiapas), southern Guatemala, El Salvador, southern Honduras, north-western Nicaragua and north-western Costa Rica.
 
Population
Estimated population is 50,000 - 499,999 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

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

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (12)...)

 
White-bellied Chachalaca (Ortalis leucogastra) [XC97851]
     by Melvin Bonilla from 13.700654,-89.277606, El Salvador (call, contact call)

 
White-bellied Chachalaca (Ortalis leucogastra) [XC313545]
     by Alfonso Auerbach from La Guayaba , Isla Zacate Grande , Valle, Honduras (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.


References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for White-bellied Chachalaca (Ortalis leucogastra) - 10 files


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