Ortalis columbiana
IUCN
LCBasic Information
Scientific classification
- name:Ortalis columbiana
- Aliases:Ortalis columbiana,Colombian Chachalaca
- Outline:Landfowl
- Family:Chickeniformes P.family P.Minutus
Vital signs
- length:About 55 cm
- Weight:500-600g
- lifetime:No textual research information is available
Feature
The legs are black with slightly larger pinnacles
Details
The Colombian crested pheasant (Ortalis columbiana) has no subspecies Colombian Chachalaca.
The Colombian Crested pheasant mainly eats fruits and leaves, and its diet consists of 26 plant species. Like the crested pheasants of the same genus, the diet consists of more leaves than fruit, and occasionally pecks at insects. There will be loud and repeated beeps and alarm sounds. Generally in small, monogamous groups, the breeding season between November and February. Each litter hatches an average of three chicks.
Listed on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) 2016 Red List of Threatened Species ver 3.1 - Not Threatened (LC).
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Location
The Columbian crested pheasant is found in Colombia.
The Columbian Crested pheasant lives in wet forests, forest margins and bushlands.
Form
The average body length is 55 cm and the weight is 500-600 grams. It is similar to the scaly Crested pheasant, but differs from the Scaly Crested pheasant in that it is larger, has black legs, and has slightly larger peak feathers.