Mom feeding baby
Mom was actively feeding this baby bird beak to beak. La Ceja, Colombia; 2.300 meters above sea level.
Ortalis columbiana (Colombian Chacalaca / Guacharaca)
Ortalis columbiana is endemic to Colombia, as its name would suggest, and is 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...
Taken in La Ceja, Colombia; Central Andes; 2.300 meters above sea level.
Mom feeding baby
Mom was actively feeding this baby bird beak to beak. La Ceja, Colombia; 2.300 meters above sea level.
Ortalis columbiana (Colombian Chacalaca / Guacharaca)
Ortalis columbiana is endemic to Colombia, as its name would suggest, and is 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...
Taken in La Ceja, Colombia; Central Andes; 2.300 meters above sea level.