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Rufous-bellied Chachalaca
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Rufous-bellied Chachalaca
Ortalis wagleri
The rufous-bellied chachalaca (Ortalis wagleri) is a species of bird in the family Cracidae, the chachalacas, guans, and curassows. It is endemic to western Mexico.
From the article Rufous-bellied chachalaca on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The rufous-bellied chachalaca is 62 to 67 cm (2.0 to 2.2 ft) long and weighs about 834 g (1.8 lb). Most of its plumage is gray brown to olive brown, but its chestnut belly and tail tips make it the most richly colored member of its genus. It has bare pink and blue skin around the eye.
Range & habitat
The rufous-bellied chachalaca is found in western Mexico from southern Sonora south to northwestern Jalisco. It inhabits tropical deciduous, semi-deciduous, and thorn forest and, along the coast, mangroves. In elevation it usually ranges from sea level to 1,300 m (4,300 ft) but has been found as high as 2,000 m (6,600 ft).
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
What it does
The rufous-bellied chachalaca forages in groups of up to 10, gleaning fruit from trees.
Wikipedia: “Feeding”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 2082.