White-bellied Chachalaca
Ortalis leucogastra
Long-tailed game bird of tropical forest and edge, usually found in small groups. Note the clean white belly and white tail tips. Voice and behavior is similar to the larger West Mexican Chachalaca, but chorusing song of White-bellied is less harsh and scratchy. Where their ranges overlap, in southwest Chiapas, the West Mexican Chachalaca (which has dingy, buffy-white belly and buffy tail tips) lives in foothills, while the White-bellied Chachalaca lives in coastal lowlands.
识别特征
The white-bellied chachalaca is 43 to 50 cm (1.4 to 1.6 ft) long and weighs 439 to 560 g (0.97 to 1.2 lb). Its head, upperparts, and breast are brown and the belly dull white. Its brown tail is tipped with white. Bare dark slate facial skin surrounds the eye.
分类信息
The white-bellied chachalaca was at one time considered a subspecies of plain chachalaca (Ortalis vetula). It is believed to be most closely related to the speckled chachalaca (O. guttata). It is monotypic.
- 学名
- Ortalis leucogastra
- 命名信息
- (Gould, 1843)
- 目
- Galliformes
- 科
- Cracidae
- 属
- Ortalis
分布与栖息地
The white-bellied chachalaca is found from southeastern Chiapas in extreme southwestern Mexico through southern Guatemala, El Salvador, and southern Honduras into northwestern Nicaragua. It primarily inhabits swamp forest and swamps with thick scrub and is also found in dry forest, pasture edges, and mangroves. It is most common on the Pacific coastal plain but in Guatemala ranges as high as about 1,500 m (4,900 ft).
- 迁徙
- Resident species
行为
The white-bellied chachalaca forages in groups of six and sometimes more birds, and almost always stays 6 to 10 m (20 to 33 ft) up in vegetation. Its diet is primarily berries and fruits, and it also feeds on leaves, buds, flowers, and invertebrates.<p>Egg laying by the white-bellied chachalaca has been recorded in every month from March to July. Its nest is a small loose platform of sticks lined with leaves. It is placed in a tree, usually between 5 and 20 m (16 and 66 ft) high. The clutch size is two or three eggs that only the female incubates.<p>The white-bellied chachalaca's principal vocalization is "a gruff, burry chattering of four syllables 'k-ku’uh-uh' or 'ch-k-uh-urr'."
保护状况
- 种群趋势
- stable
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