Large, often arboreal chickenlike bird with a small head and a long tail tipped in white. Brownish gray above with a buffy belly.
Large chickenlike bird with a small head and a long tail. Brownish gray above with a buffy belly.
Call is a very loud, raucous, repeated "chac-a-lak."
Often climbs trees. Large, chickenlike bird with a small head and a long tail tipped in white. Brownish gray above with a buffy belly.
When displaying, a patch of red bare skin under the throat is visible.
Largely arboreal chickenlike bird that walks or runs along larger tree limbs.
Forages in shrubs and trees as well as on the ground for seeds, plant material, and fruits.
A large chickenlike bird with a fairly long neck, a small head, and a short bill. It has a long, rounded tail, and long legs.
Larger than a Northern Bobwhite, smaller than a Ring-necked Pheasant.
crow-sizedOrnithologists recognize four subspecies, of which just one (mccalli) occurs in the United States. The other three, vetula, pallidiventris, and deschauenseei, are distributed from Mexico south to Honduras. These four subspecies differ only slightly in plumage tones. The southernmost subspecies (deschauenseei) of Honduras is probably extinct.
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