- Ortalis superciliaris
Identification
42-46 cm
- Brown upperparts
- Pale creamy brown underparts
- Buff supercilium
- Red dewlap
- Tail rufous outer webs to outer retricies
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Distribution
South America: found in north-eastern Brazil south of the Amazon (Pará to Piauí and northern Goiás).
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Lowland deciduous forest, humid forest edge and scrub thickets.
Behaviour
Incompletely known but likely mainly plant materials are eaten. Nesting choice seems quite liberal.
References
- Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- BirdLife International
- del Hoyo, J. and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Buff-browed Chachalaca (Ortalis superciliaris), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D.A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.bubcha1.01
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Buff-browed Chachalaca. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 11 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Buff-browed_Chachalaca
