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Plain Chachalaca

Ortalis vetula ORDER: GALLIFORMES FAMILY: CRACIDAE

IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern

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Plain Chachalaca Photo

© 2004 Cornell Lab of Ornithology

A large chicken-like bird of Mexico and Central America, the Plain Chachalaca reaches the United States only in southern Texas. Its name comes from its loud, raucous calls.

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Calls

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    Recorded by Geoffrey A. Keller
    • Courtesy of Macaulay Library
    © Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Call a very loud, raucous, repeated "chac, a lak."

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