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[[Image:W_Mexican_Chachalaca_by_craftygirl.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by craftygirl<br />Location: Puerto Vallarta, [[Mexico]].]] | [[Image:W_Mexican_Chachalaca_by_craftygirl.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by craftygirl<br />Location: Puerto Vallarta, [[Mexico]].]] | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| + | 62-67 cm, a very large Chachalac. | ||
| + | * Rather grey plumage | ||
| + | * Shorter, less pointed crown feathers than [[Rufous-bellied Chachalaca]] | ||
| + | * Pink bare skin around eye | ||
| + | * Dark tail with pale buff or even more whitish tail tips | ||
| + | Sexes similar. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | [[Mexico]]. | + | [[Mexico]].Semiarid w Mexico (c Jalisco and Michoacán to Chiapas) |
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species.<br /> | ||
| + | Closely related to [[Rufous-bellied Chachalaca]] and considered conspecific with it. Formerly also treated as subspecies of [[Plain Chachalaca]]. | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Forests. | Forests. | ||
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- Ortalis poliocephala
Identification
62-67 cm, a very large Chachalac.
- Rather grey plumage
- Shorter, less pointed crown feathers than Rufous-bellied Chachalaca
- Pink bare skin around eye
- Dark tail with pale buff or even more whitish tail tips
Sexes similar.
Distribution
Mexico.Semiarid w Mexico (c Jalisco and Michoacán to Chiapas)
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
Closely related to Rufous-bellied Chachalaca and considered conspecific with it. Formerly also treated as subspecies of Plain Chachalaca.
Habitat
Forests.
