Ortalis erythroptera

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Name：Ortalis erythroptera

Alias：Ortalis erythroptera，Rufous-headed Chachalaca

Outline：Landfowl

Family：Chickeniformes P.family P.Minutus

length：55-66cm

Weight：620-645g

Life：No textual research information is available

IUCN：LC

Trait：It has a reddish-brown head

Ortalis erythroptera Life habits and morphological characteristics

The brown crested pheasant is 56-66 cm long, 620-645 grams. It is a relatively small member of the family Cracidae, a group of brown-plumed birds that, as its English name suggests, have a reddish-brown head. The upper body is brown, and the main and outer tail feathers of the wings are reddish brown. The lower body is white, and a loose fold of red skin hangs under the throat. Beak and legs are dark gray.
There will be repeated loud tweets and alarm sounds 'kwak-ar-ar', 'cha-cha-kaw' or shriller'kra-kra-ka'.

Ortalis erythroptera Distribution range and habitat

It is found in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.

Ortalis erythroptera Detailed Introduction

Brown crested pheasant (Ortalis erythroptera) Rufous-headed Chachalaca, no subspecies.

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The brown crested pheasant lives in tropical forests and usually plays an important role as a seed disperser. It feeds mainly on banana fruit, coffee berries and tree leaves. Like the pheasants of the same genus, the diet consists more of leaves than fruit, and occasionally pecks at insects.

Brown crested pheasants usually gather in small groups, with up to eight found together. Monogamous, breeding is most likely to occur during the rainy season, between December and May. 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 - Vulnerable (VU).

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