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Definition of Ortalis vetula

Ortalis vetula
Chachalaca Cha`cha*la"ca, n. [Native name, prob. given in imitation of its cry.] (Zo["o]l.) The Texan guan (Ortalis vetula). [written also chiacalaca.]

Meaning of Ortalis vetula from wikipedia

- The plain chachalaca (Ortalis vetula) is a large bird in the chachalaca, guan and cur****ow family Cracidae. It breeds in tropical and subtropical environments...
- cur****ows. The genus Ortalis was introduced (as Ortalida) by the German naturalist Blasius Merrem in 1786 with the little chachalaca (Ortalis motmot) as the...
- straw work Ortalis vetula, a species of bird Saurothera vetula, a species of cuckoo Balistes vetula, a species of triggerfish Muscipipra vetula, a species...
- taxus), North American beaver (Castor canadensis), plain chachalaca (Ortalis vetula) and quail. In the western part of the state, the Sierra Madre Oriental...
- Ortalis vetula Rufous-bellied chachalaca, Ortalis wagleri (E) West Mexican chachalaca, Ortalis poliocephala (E) White-bellied chachalaca, Ortalis leucogastra...
- ****umed extinct in 1898 but found again in 1948. Utila chachalaca (Ortalis vetula deschauenseei), subspecies of the plain chachalaca from Honduras, not...
- poliocephala and later moved to genus Ortalis. At one time it was considered a subspecies of plain chachalaca (Ortalis vetula). After being reinstated as a species...
- Peterson, M.J. 2000. The Birds of North America: Plain Chachalaca (Ortalis vetula), No. 550. The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. Robbins...
- 1944 †Ortalis tantala Wetmore 1933 Ortalis vetula (Wagler 1830) (Plain chachalaca) LC O. v. mccalli Baird 1858 (Texan chachalaca) O. v. vetula (Wagler...
- derbi**** EN E Plain chachalaca, Ortalis vetula LC Rufous-bellied chachalaca, Ortalis wagleri LC Rufous-vented chachalaca, Ortalis ruficauda LC Trinidad piping...