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[[Image:Gray-headed_Chachalaca1980-01-01.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Don+Gato|Don Gato}}<br /> Finca Chavez, [[Costa Rica]], January 2004 ]] | [[Image:Gray-headed_Chachalaca1980-01-01.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Don+Gato|Don Gato}}<br /> Finca Chavez, [[Costa Rica]], January 2004 ]] | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| + | Head grayish, tail brownish gray with buff tips, body mostly brown with rufous on primaries and a red skin fold is often visible on the throat. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
[[Central America|Central]] and [[South America]]: found from tropical eastern [[Honduras]] to north-western [[Colombia]] | [[Central America|Central]] and [[South America]]: found from tropical eastern [[Honduras]] to north-western [[Colombia]] | ||
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Rain forest | Rain forest | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | Mostly in flocks which flies one after another from one spot to the next. | ||
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| + | Does not have a "Chachalaca" sound | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
#{{Ref-Clements6thDec08}}#Avibase | #{{Ref-Clements6thDec08}}#Avibase | ||
| + | # Ridgely & Gwynne 1989. Birds of Panama. Princeton Paperbacks. ISBN 0691025126 | ||
| + | # Garrigues and Dean 2007. The birds of Costa Rica - a field guide. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-7373-9 | ||
{{ref}} | {{ref}} | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Ortalis+cinereiceps}} | {{GSearch|Ortalis+cinereiceps}} | ||
[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Ortalis]] | [[Category:Birds]][[Category:Ortalis]] | ||
Revision as of 00:49, 17 February 2011
- Ortalis cinereiceps
Identification
Head grayish, tail brownish gray with buff tips, body mostly brown with rufous on primaries and a red skin fold is often visible on the throat.
Distribution
Central and South America: found from tropical eastern Honduras to north-western Colombia
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]
Habitat
Rain forest
Behaviour
Mostly in flocks which flies one after another from one spot to the next.
Does not have a "Chachalaca" sound
References
- 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.
- Avibase
- Ridgely & Gwynne 1989. Birds of Panama. Princeton Paperbacks. ISBN 0691025126
- Garrigues and Dean 2007. The birds of Costa Rica - a field guide. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-7373-9
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Gray-headed Chachalaca. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 15 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Gray-headed_Chachalaca
