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Ortalis cinereiceps

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Alias:Ortalis cinereiceps,Grey-headed Chachalaca

Basic Information

Scientific classification

Vital signs

  • length:56-66cm
  • Weight:300-700g
  • lifetime:No textual research information is available

Feature

Details

The crested pheasant is called Ortalis cinereiceps in Latin and Grey-headed Chachalaca in English.

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Crested pheasants usually play an important role as seed dispersers. It feeds mainly on banana fruit, coffee berries and tree leaves. Leaves make up a larger proportion of the diet than fruit, and they occasionally peck at insects. There will be repeated noisy tweets and alarm sounds. kwak-ar-ar' (39) cha-cha-kaw' Or shriller' kra-kra-ka' .

Generally in small, monogamous groups, breeding is most likely to occur during the rainy season, between December and May. Each litter hatches an average of three chicks.


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Location

It is distributed in Central America and lives in tropical forests.

Form

The details are unknown.

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