Plain Chachalaca
Ortalis vetula
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Birds
The plain chachalaca is a large bird in the chachalaca, guan and curassow family Cracidae. It breeds in tropical and subtropical environments from mezquital thickets in the Rio Grande Valley in southernmost Texas, United States to northernmost Costa Rica. In Central America, this species occurs in the Pacific lowlands from Chiapas, Mexico to northern Nicaragua and as a separate population in Costa Rica, where its range is separated by a short distance, as a disjunct population.
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Galliformes
- Family
- Cracidae
- Genus
- Ortalis