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Plain Chachalaca

Ortalis vetula

The Plain Chachalaca is a fun bird that loves to make loud sounds! It has a long tail and a brownish body, making it easy to spot in the trees where it lives.

Lebensraum: Forests

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The Plain Chachalaca is a medium-sized bird with a slender, chicken-like body and a long tail. It has dull gray-brown plumage, darker on the back and lighter on the belly. Rufous primary feathers are visible in flight. Its small head is grayish, sometimes with subtle pale blue bare skin around the eye.

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Plain Chachalaca
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Plain Chachalaca

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Chachalacas sleep perched on high tree branches at night.

Sometimes a whole family group helps raise the chicks!

Their unique "cha-cha-lac-a" call often signals dawn!

They lay eggs with a bumpy, rough shell, unlike most birds!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Voice Amplifier

Plain Chachalaca has extremely powerful vocal cords that allow them to produce loud, raucous calls heard over a kilometer away.

Fähigkeit

Forest Acrobat

Plain Chachalacas can gracefully hop and run through dense tree branches because of their strong legs and gripping feet.

Fähigkeit

Nature's Gardener

Plain Chachalacas disperse seeds across the forest because they eat many fruits, helping new plants grow.

Maße und Details

Länge
48-58 cm
Flügelspannweite
60-65 cm
Gewicht
0.4-0.8 kg
Lebenserwartung
8-10 Jahre
Top Speed
35 km/h
Gelegegröße
2-4
Brutzeit
22-24 Tage

Ernährung und Fütterung

This bird mainly enjoys eating fruits, seeds, flowers, and insects it finds in trees and on the ground.

Altersunterschiede: Chicks consume more protein-rich insects initially, gradually transitioning to an adult diet.

Hauptnahrung

  • Berries
  • Figs
  • Seeds
  • Flowers
  • Leaves
  • Insects

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Coyote

Canis latrans

hunts adults and takes eggs from nests.

eaten by

Red-shouldered Hawk

Buteo lineatus

preys on chachalacas from above.

eats

American Fig

Ficus americana

fruits are a key food source, aids seed dispersal.

eats

Gray Bird Grasshopper

Schistocerca nitens

consumes insects for protein, especially chicks.

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Enjoy watching birds from a distance, and don't try to touch them.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das länge von Plain Chachalaca?

48-58 cm

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Plain Chachalaca?

60-65 cm

Was ist der/die/das gewicht von Plain Chachalaca?

0.4-0.8 kg

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Plain Chachalaca?

8-10 Jahre

Was ist der/die/das top Speed von Plain Chachalaca?

35 km/h

Was frisst Plain Chachalaca?

This bird mainly enjoys eating fruits, seeds, flowers, and insects it finds in trees and on the ground.

Wo findet man Plain Chachalaca normalerweise?

Forests

Wie jagt Plain Chachalaca?

Foraging

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