© Ian Thompson

Buff-browed Chachalaca Ortalis superciliaris

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Identification

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Small chachalaca, brown overall with a pale buff eyebrow. Found in edge habitats, thickets, and young second-growth forests, even at the edge of urban areas. Song is typical of a chachalaca: a noisy, high-pitched, raucous “TJURRE-wruh,” repeated continually.

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