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Buff-browed Chachalaca

Ortalis superciliaris

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernEndemicFruitShrublandPlatform nestLarge · 579 g
Buff-browed Chachalaca (Ortalis superciliaris), photo 1
Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
Buff-browed Chachalaca (Ortalis superciliaris), photo 2
Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
Buff-browed Chachalaca (Ortalis superciliaris), photo 3
Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
Buff-browed Chachalaca (Ortalis superciliaris), photo 4
Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
Buff-browed Chachalaca (Ortalis superciliaris), photo 5
Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
Buff-browed Chachalaca (Ortalis superciliaris), photo 6
Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
Buff-browed Chachalaca (Ortalis superciliaris), photo 7
Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
Buff-browed Chachalaca (Ortalis superciliaris), photo 8
Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
Buff-browed Chachalaca (Ortalis superciliaris), photo 9
Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
Buff-browed Chachalaca (Ortalis superciliaris), photo 10
Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0

ID tip

The buff-browed chachalaca is the smallest member of genus Ortalis. It is 42 to 46 cm (1.4 to 1.5 ft) long. Its crown, neck, and upper breast are gray and the rest of its upperparts brown. Its lower breast and belly are tan. The central tail feathers are dark green-brown with chestnut tips; the outer ones are chestnut. Unique among Ortalis, it has a prominent supercilium that can be any color from buffy white to pale cinnamon. Its facial skin is dark slate gray. Voice: The buff-browed chachalaca's vocalizations are "typical of Ortalis"; they are higher pitched and less raucous than those of chestnut-headed chachalaca (O. ruficeps).

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When to see the Buff-browed Chachalaca

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Buff-browed Chachalaca

Regular range

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Brazil

About the Buff-browed Chachalaca

The buff-browed chachalaca is a species of bird in the family Cracidae, the chachalacas, guans, and curassows. It is endemic to Brazil.

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Easily confused with

Chestnut-headed ChachalacaOrtalis ruficepsThe chestnut-headed chachalaca is 43 to 54 cm (1.4 to 1.8 ft) long and weighs 345 to 620 g (0.76 to 1.4 lb). East Brazilian Chachalaca (Ortalis araucuan) East Brazilian ChachalacaOrtalis araucuanThe East Brazilian chachalaca is about 50 cm (1.6 ft) long. Little Chachalaca (Ortalis motmot) Little ChachalacaOrtalis motmotThe little chachalaca is 43 to 54 cm (1.4 to 1.8 ft) long and weighs 345 to 620 g (0.76 to 1.4 lb).

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