Plain Chachalaca 1
This fascinating plain chachalaca was found and photographed in the Rio Grande Valley in Hidalgo County with a number of others of its kind one the ground and in the mesquite trees. At the northern tip of its range, this large upland game bird can be found from the southern tip of Texas, throughout Mexico and south to Central America. Noisy as other members of the galliform family (turkeys, chickens, pheasants, grouse, etc.), the name chachalaca means "chatterbox" - a fitting name!
- Copyright
- Rich Leighton
- Image Size
- 7360x4912 / 27.0MB
- Keywords
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animal, Animalia, Aves, beige, Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, bird, birdwatching, brown, buff, chachalaca, Chachalaca Norteña, Chordata, Cracidae, fauna, fowl, galliform, Galliformes, game bird, gamebird, Hidalgo County, landfowl, Mission, natural, nature, ornithology, Ortalis, Ortalis vetula, plain chachalaca, RGV, Rio Grande Valley, state park, summer, Texas, vertebrate, wild, wildlife
- Contained in galleries
- Upland Game Birds
