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Plain Chachalaca

Ortalis vetula

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist. — (c) Alan Jeon, CC0

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mexico.

United States	144,138
Mexico	5,191
Texas	4,932
Quintana Roo	2,069
Nuevo Leon	1,006
Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave	700
Yucatan	522
Georgia	267
Chiapas	243
Tamaulipas	227

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Dietary

Fruit eaterListed by a harvested source as primarily eating fruit.BIRDBASE avian traits database

Group and habits

Tree nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting in trees.BIRDBASE avian traits database
Shrub nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting in shrubs.BIRDBASE avian traits database

Classification

Kingdom	Animals · Animalia
Phylum	Chordates · Chordata
Class	Birds · Aves
Order	Landfowl · Galliformes
Family	Guans, Chachalacas, and Curassows · Cracidae
Genus	Chachalacas · Ortalis

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Sources

Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
Traits: BIRDBASE avian traits database (CC BY 4.0)
How much to rely on each source

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Practise Plain Chachalaca with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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