West Mexican Chachalaca

West Mexican Chachalaca
West Mexican Chachalaca
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Cracidae
Genus: Ortalis
Species: O. poliocephala
Binomial name
Ortalis poliocephala
Wagler, 1830

The West Mexican Chachalaca (Ortalis poliocephala) is a species of bird in the Cracidae family. It is found only in Mexico. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

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