chachalaca

Los Katíos supports a number of species which are characteristic of Central America and are only found in this part of South America such as the mouse Heteromys desmarestianus and grey-headed chachalaca Ortalis cinereiceps.

Los Katíos National Park, Colombia 2008

According to Stattersfield et al. this ecoregion falls within the North Central American Pacific slope Endemic Bird Area with four restricted range species three of which are endemic including the white-bellied chachalaca (Ortalis leucogastra), the blue-tailed hummingbird (Amazilia cyanura) and the giant wren (Campylorhynchus chiapensis).

Central American dry forests 2009

Some unique species found in this ecoregion are the Mexican parrotlet (Forpus cyanopygius), rufous-bellied chachalaca (Ortalis wagleri) and San Blas jay (Cyanocorax sanblasianus).

Jalisco dry forests 2008

Three restricted range species enter this mangrove ecoregion including the white-bellied chachalaca (Ortalis leucogastra), Pacific parakeet (Aratinga strenua) and giant wren (Campylorhynchus chiapensis).

Tehuantepec-El Manchon mangroves 2007

I finally got to see a chachalaca up close, a relative to a turkey, that is shy, loud (its call sounds like a rusty meat grinder), and travels in groups.

Studying Nature in Mexico is an Unforgettable Adventure 2007

Obrador in defending himself against Vicente Fox calling him a crook in return called Fox una chachalaca, which means what Vicente Fox says is like the racous call of the chachalaca bird, a mocking call, and called a "mockingbird" in my old neck of the woods--a dirty rascal of a bird that steals other birds's calls and mimicks them.

Madness and Survival The Daily Growler 2006

He decided it was just the screech of a chachalaca, many of which flapped about the hill.

A Sweet Scent of Death Guillermo Arriaga 2002

He decided it was just the screech of a chachalaca, many of which flapped about the hill.

A Sweet Scent of Death Guillermo Arriaga 2002

Two well-directed shots gave us half a dozen, -- for the young _chachalaca_ is not to be despised on the table, -- and we added them to our stock of water-fowls and melons as tempting trophies to our companions from the new Canaan on which they were venturing.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 30, April, 1860 Various

Possibly they are the chachalaca (_Ortalis vetula pallidiventris_), a gallinaceous bird, commonly kept in semi-domestication in Mexico, whose bare eye ring and slightly erectile head feathers may be represented by the drawings.

Animal Figures in the Maya Codices 1915