Adult © Jefferson Silva eBird S40992783 Macaulay Library ML 77651101
Adult © Fábio Luís Mello
Adult © Bruno Arantes de Andrade Bueno
Adult and chick © Fernando Farias
Adult © João Gava Just

Scaled Chachalaca Ortalis squamata

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Identification

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Medium-sized chachalaca with brown plumage and a heavily scaled throat and upper breast. Found at forest edges and in second growth, where it forages in small groups on the ground and trees. May visit bird feeders. Sings an incredibly loud “re-a-tok”, repeated continually.

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