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