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CHACO CHACHALACA Ortalis canicollis CHACO
The chicken-like Chaco Chachalaca (try saying that after a few Pilsens!) is a sociable bird which is abundant in most of the Dry Chaco. They don´t fare quite so well closer to human habitation though! Their mouthful of a name is an onomatopoeic rendition of their raucous calls, given in the morning and the evening, and responsible for waking many a slumbering ornithologist up from their blissful sleep!
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FIGURE 1 - (FPAVE2058PH) Adult, PN Teniente Enciso, Departamento Boquerón (Hemme Batjes July 2006).
FIGURE 2 - (FPAVE2059PH) Flock, near Loma Plata, Departamento Boquerón (Marcelo Bombaci October 2007).
FIGURE 3 - (FPAVE2060PH) Adult head detail, Zoologico Juan XXIII, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith June 2007).
FIGURE 4 - (FPAVE2061PH) Pair head detail, Zoologico Juan XXIII, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith June 2007).
FIGURE 5 - (FPAVE2062PH) Adults at dusk, Fuerte Olimpo, Departamento Alto Paraguay (Paul Smith September 2006).
FIGURE 6 - (FPAVE2063PH) Predated remains, PN Defensores del Chaco, Departamento Boquerón (Paul Smith July 2006).
FIGURE 7 - (FPAVE2064PH) Prints, PN Tte Enciso, Departamento Boquerón (Paul Smith July 2006).
VIDEO A - (FPAVE2065VI) Same individuals as (FPAVE2062PH) (Paul Smith September 2006).
VIDEO B - (FPAVE3376VI) Adults roosting, Fortín Toledo, Departamento Boquerón (Paul Smith July 2012).
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Ortalis canicollis
1 (FPAVE2066RE) morning chorus  recorded Laguna Capitán, Departamento Presidente Hayes (Paul Smith October 2007).
2 (FPAVE2067RE) calls recorded Campo María Private Reserve, Departamento Presidente Hayes (Myriam Velázquez November 2000).
Click the link to hear the call. Longer versions of this call can be downloaded from the Paraguay page of our partner website Xeno-Canto - the largest collection of freely downloadable Neotropical bird calls available online.