About the Speckled Chachalaca
The speckled chachalaca is a medium-sized bird belonging to the family Cracidae.
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The speckled chachalaca is 49 to 55 cm (1.6 to 1.8 ft) long. The nominate subspecies is mostly brown above with a darker and grayer head and neck. The mantle has a chestnut wash; the tail has a bronze gloss and the outer feathers are rufous. The throat and breast are dark brown with the eponymous white speckles. The lower breast and belly are light grayish brown and the vent bright rufous. The eye is dark brown to dark reddish brown and is surrounded by bare slate blue skin. O. g. Voice: The song of the nominate speckled chachalaca is a "rhythmic five-syllable phrase rendered ha-ga-GAA-gogok, repeated rapidly." Those of the other subspecies are similar.
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What the Speckled Chachalaca sounds like
Where it lives
When to see it
Peak activity in October · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Colombian ChachalacaOrtalis columbianaThe Colombian chachalaca is a typical Ortalis species – a large, plump forest bird with a long slender neck, small head, long and robust legs (tarsi) and a long tail.
Chaco ChachalacaOrtalis canicollisThe Chaco chachalaca is 50 to 56 cm (1.6 to 1.8 ft) long and weighs 479 to 678 g (1.1 to 1.5 lb).
Rufous-vented ChachalacaOrtalis ruficaudaThese are medium-sized birds, similar in general appearance to turkeys, with small heads, long strong legs and a long broad tail.
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