Adult © Nathaniel Sharp
Adult © Ad Konings
Adult © Jason Duxbury
Adult © Michael Schall
+ 4
Adult and chick © Holger Teichmann
Adult © Steve Tucker
Adult © Matt Gearheart

Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula

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Identification

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Large chickenlike bird found in brushy woodland. Olive-brown overall with warmer buffy belly and long tail and neck. Bare red moustache is usually hidden. Tail feathers have white tips. Extremely noisy and full of character. Small groups crash through the brush from tree to tree with the grace of a large bulldozer. Often heard "singing" a cacophony of grating shouts and squawks. Feeds mainly on fruit.

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