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Common Name

Plain Chachalaca

Alternate Names

Common Type

Chachalaca

Order

Galliformes

Family

Cracidae

Genus

Ortalis

Species

vetula

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Location Photographed

Texas

Number of Sub-Species

0

Migratory or Resident

Resident

Preferred Habitat

Forests interspersed with scrub and savanna

Distribution and Range

South Texas south to northern Costa Rica

Food

Feeds on fruits, seeds, leaves and flowers. Sometimes a pest in crops of tomatoes and cucumbers.

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Field Notes:

Is furtive and wary and prefers to escape from danger by running swiftly on the ground or leaping and gliding through brushy tangles. Hunting of the plain chachalaca is restricted to subsistence hunting, by the Mayan people in southern Mexico

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