Chachalacas, Guans and Curassows (Cracidae)
White-bellied Chachalaca (Ortalis leucogastra) - HBW 2, p. 345
French: Ortalide à ventre blanc
German: Weibauchguan
Spanish: Chachalaca Ventriblanca
Taxonomy: Penelope leucogastra Gould, 1843, no locality.
Formerly considered subspecies of O. vetula. Isolated population of O. vetula in Costa Rica sometimes assigned to present species. Probably forms superspecies with O. guttata, O. motmot and O. superciliaris. In N, range meets those of O. poliocephala and O. vetula, perhaps with slight overlap; no cases of hybridization known. Monotypic.
Distribution: Extreme SW Mexico (SE Chiapas), S Guatemala, El Salvador, S Honduras, NW Nicaragua and NW Costa Rica.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Two birds, part of a larger group, calling from a tree. Locality Loma Real Hotel, Tapachula, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 5 April 2009 2 years ago 44 sec 4 -
A bird perched, preening and looking around. Locality ZooMAT, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp pallidior)
Josep del Hoyo 27 March 2009 1 year ago 28 sec 3 -
A bird in a tree, preening, stretching a wing and then moving away. Locality Loma Real Hotel, Tapachula, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 5 April 2009 2 years ago 34 sec 2.7
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A close-up.
Locality ZooMAT, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern)
Josep del Hoyo 27 March 2009 1 year ago 3.5 -
Adult perched in a bamboo.
Locality Los Tarrales Private Reserve, Suchitepéquez Department, Guatemala (Monotypic species)
Knut Eisermann 18 June 2008 2 years ago 3
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A group of birds calling.
Locality Loma Real Hotel, Tapachula, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern)
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 5 April 2009 2 years ago 4.3
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