White-bellied chachalaca

The white-bellied chachalaca (Ortalis leucogastra) is a species of bird in the family Cracidae. It is found in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and heavily degraded former forest.

This article is about the Central American species. For the Brazilian species, see East Brazilian chachalaca.

White-bellied chachalaca
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Cracidae
Genus: Ortalis
Species:
O. leucogastra
Binomial name
Ortalis leucogastra
Gould, 1843

References
  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Ortalis leucogastra". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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