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Kill Billed Toucan/Chachalacas

Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus and Grey-headed Chachalaca Ortalis cinereiceps

Description:

Chachalacas got very noisy when the Kill billed Toucan showed up, this foggy afternoon.

2 Species ID Suggestions

Keel-billed Toucan
Ramphastos sulfuratus Keel-billed Toucan
Grey-headed Chachalaca
Ortalis cinereiceps Grey-headed Chachalaca


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2 Comments

Thank you so much for the ID, FaredinAliyevski...You are 100% right.

FaredinAliyevski
FaredinAliyevski 10 years ago

You have got right the both species. In Costa Rica there are only 2 species of Chachalaca (Genus: Ortalis), Plain Chachalaca, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plain_Chach... and Grey-headed Chachalaca (your species) but if you check on Wikipedia, it says also White bellied species is found but that's wrong so you don't get confused, here is the right distribution of the White Bellied Chachalaca, http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species... . It would have been impossible to distinguish the two species but the Plan Chachalaca are found only in a small part of Costa Rica that does not include the spot you have spotted these birds http://www.xeno-canto.org/species/Ortali... . I hope I didn't overload you too much :).

Provincia Alajuela, Costa Rica

Spotted on Sep 1, 2012
Submitted on Sep 2, 2012

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