Deep Forest Canopy
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Guans, Chachalacas, and Curassows

Chestnut-headed Chachalaca

Ortalis ruficeps

The chestnut-headed chachalaca is a bird in the family Cracidae, the chachalacas, guans, and curassows. It is endemic to Brazil.

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