Species profile
West Mexican Chachalaca
Ortalis poliocephala
Quick answer
Semiarid w Mexico (c Jalisco and Michoacán to Chiapas)
- Scientific name
- Ortalis poliocephala
- Family
- Cracidae
- Order
- Galliformes
- Genus
- Ortalis
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording West Mexican Chachalaca in your journal
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