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The 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). Its head is reddish chestnut, its upperparts reddish brown to gray-brown, and its underparts gray. Its central tail feathers are gray-brown and the outer ones rusty. Its primary flight feathers are dark brown. Its facial skin is dark slate gray. Voice: The little chachalaca's song is "a loud, rollicking duet, a repeated 'WATCH-a-lak', which is mainly given at dawn and dusk".
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When to see the Little Chachalaca
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Little Chachalaca
The map shades 5 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Colombia.
About the Little Chachalaca
The little chachalaca is a bird in the family Cracidae, the chachalacas, guans, and curassows. It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, Venezuela and possibly Colombia.
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Easily confused with
Rufous-headed ChachalacaOrtalis erythropteraThe rufous-headed chachalaca is 56 to 66 cm (1.8 to 2.2 ft) long and weighs 620 to 645 g (1.4 to 1.4 lb).
Scaled ChachalacaOrtalis squamataThe scaled chachalaca is about 50 cm (1.6 ft) long.
East Brazilian ChachalacaOrtalis araucuanThe East Brazilian chachalaca is about 50 cm (1.6 ft) long.
Side by side: Chestnut-winged Chachalaca vs Little Chachalaca · Little Chachalaca vs Scaled Chachalaca · Little Chachalaca vs Rufous-headed Chachalaca
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