Chachalacas, Guans and Curassows (Cracidae) - HBW 2
West Mexican Chachalaca (Ortalis poliocephala)
French: Ortalide de Wagler
German: Graubrustguan
Spanish: Chachalaca Pechigrís
Taxonomy: Penelope poliocephala Wagler, 1830, Mexico.
Forms superspecies with O. wagleri, which was formerly considered a race of present species; a few cases of hybridization in NW Jalisco were interpreted as evidence of a narrow zone of intergradation in W Jalisco and W Colima, where intermediates were even considered a different subspecies, lajuelae; cases of hybridization may have resulted from escapes of imported birds of present species (see page 312). Formerly considered a race of O. vetula. In S, range meets those of O. leucogastra and O. vetula, perhaps with slight overlap; no cases of hybridization k.. View all taxonomy...
Forms superspecies with O. wagleri, which was formerly considered a race of present species; a few cases of hybridization in NW Jalisco were interpreted as evidence of a narrow zone of intergradation in W Jalisco and W Colima, where intermediates were even considered a different subspecies, lajuelae; cases of hybridization may have resulted from escapes of imported birds of present species (see page 312). Formerly considered a race of O. vetula. In S, range meets those of O. leucogastra and O. vetula, perhaps with slight overlap; no cases of hybridization known. Monotypic.
Distribution: W Mexico, from S & NE Jalisco and Colima S to CS Chiapas.
- Least Concern
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An alert bird in a tree and flying away. Tehuantepec, Oaxaca State, Mexico (Southern) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 15 April 2009 31 weeks ago 35 sec 3
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Dawn chorus Zanatepec, Oaxaca State, Mexico (Southern)
monicayhector 11 April 1996 5 weeks ago 1
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