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Ortalis cinereiceps

Photo by Don Gato
Finca Chavez, Costa Rica, January 2004

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

Central and South America: found from tropical eastern Honduras to north-western Colombia

[edit] Taxonomy

Monotypic^[1]

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Chestnut-winged Chachalaca by some authors^[2]

Three subspecies are recognised by some authors: O. c. cinereiceps, O. c. olivacea and O. c. chocoensis^[2]

[edit] Habitat

Rain forest

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
2. Avibase

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