Gray-headed Chachalaca
Status: Common Resident
Size: Medium-sized turkey-like bird (46 - 54 cm)
IUCN Red-List Status: Least Concern
Stratum: Understory, Mid Canopy
Life Zone(s): South Pacific Lowlands, Caribbean Lowlands
TAXONOMIC TREE: Galliformes, Cracidae, Ortalis cinereiceps
@ Arenal Observatory Lodge, Alajuela, Costa Rica
The Gray-headed Chachalaca (Ortalis cinereiceps) is a medium-sized bird found from Honduras to Colombia. It inhabits various humid landscapes characterized by dense vegetation, such as thickets, secondary forests, and brushy abandoned fields. Although it adapts well to habitat disturbance, populations in some areas have been significantly impacted by hunting. The IUCN has classified it as Least Concern due to its fairly common to common status throughout its range.
Gray-headed Chachalaca Distribution Map (from eBird)
PHOTO GALLERY
@ Rancho Naturalista, Cartago, Costa Rica
@ Rancho Naturalista, Cartago, Costa Rica
@ Rancho Naturalista, Cartago, Costa Rica
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