Plain Chachalaca

Taxonomy

Order

Galliformes

Family

Cracidae

Genus

Ortalis

eBird Code

placha

Subspecies (4)

• Ortalis vetula deschauenseei

  Utila Island (Bay Islands, off northern Honduras)

• Ortalis vetula mccalli

  far southern Texas to northeastern Mexico (northern Veracruz)

• Ortalis vetula pallidiventris

  southeastern Mexico (northern Yucatan Peninsula)

• Ortalis vetula vetula

  southeastern Mexico (southern Veracruz) to northwestern Costa Rica