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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 May 12, 2023
Taken on February 14, 2023