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Endemic Colombian Chacalaca

La Ceja, Colombia; Central Andes; 2.300 meters above sea level.

 

Ortalis columbiana (Colombian Chacalaca / Guacharaca)

 

Endemic to Colombia, as its name would suggest, and the only chachalaca within its now relatively limited range in the central (Cauca and Magdalena) valleys of the country. It is found in both humid and deciduous forests, but the species’ range and population are both almost certainly declining, and it survives only in pockets.

 

Source: Neotropical Birds Online: neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/portal/species/overview?p_p...

 

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Uploaded on July 13, 2022
Taken on May 27, 2022