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The speckled chachalaca is 49 to 55 cm (1.6 to 1.8 ft) long. The nominate subspecies is mostly brown above with a darker and grayer head and neck. The mantle has a chestnut wash; the tail has a bronze gloss and the outer feathers are rufous. The throat and breast are dark brown with the
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has assessed the speckled chachalaca as being of Least
Concern. The two Amazonian subspecies are generally common throughout their range and occur in protected areas in every country. They seem to tolerate human activity fairly well, and hunting pressure is less than that suffered by other
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forest. They reach their highest elevations at the western edge of their range, usually up to 2,000 m (6,600 ft) in
Bolivia, 1,100 m (3,600 ft) in Ecuador, and 1,700 m (5,600 ft) in Peru though locally higher in all three countries.
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Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, A. Jaramillo, D. F. Lane, J. F. Pacheco, M. B. Robbins, F. G. Stiles, and K. J. Zimmer. Version 24 August 2021. A classification of the bird species of South
America. American Ornithological Society.
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The speckled chachalaca mostly forages in small flocks of up to seven birds, primarily in the subcanopy and understory and only rarely on the ground. Its diet has not been extensively studied but is known to include fruits and other plant material.
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Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, A. Jaramillo, D. F. Lane, J. F. Pacheco, M. B. Robbins, F. G. Stiles, and K. J. Zimmer. Version 24 August 2021. Species Lists of Birds for South
American Countries and Territories.
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Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from
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s description is from a single specimen. It differs from the nominate: Its crown is rufescent rather than gray, it is paler and more olive above, the rump is chestnut, and the "speckles" are larger and less well defined.
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is poorly known. Its nesting season appears to vary across its range but in Peru encompasses at least
November to March. One nest was made entirely of leaves on a bed of dry ferns. The clutch size is three to four eggs.
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is lighter but browner overall than the nominate, does not have the chestnut wash on the mantle, and the marks on the throat and breast are more scalloped than speckled. It is also somewhat larger.
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The speckled chachalaca inhabits a variety of tropical and subtropical landscapes. The two
Amazonian subspecies is typically found in low or open forest, thickets, "forest islands" in savanna,
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eponymous white speckles. The lower breast and belly are light grayish brown and the vent bright rufous. The eye is dark brown to dark reddish brown and is surrounded by bare slate blue skin.
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The nominate subspecies of speckled chachalaca is found in the
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retained the name "variable" for it.) Later still, three more species were split from speckled chachalaca, the
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The taxonomic history of the speckled chachalaca is complex. It was at one time considered
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The song of the nominate speckled chachalaca is a "rhythmic five-syllable phrase rendered
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574:"Speckled Chachalaca
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463:in its small zone.
334:(IOC) then renamed
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53:Conservation status
457:secondary woodland
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355:O. araucuan
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257:June 2024
238:summarize
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