West Mexican Chachalaca Ortalis poliocephala Scientific name definitions

Claudia I. Rodríguez-Flores and Marîa del Coro Arizmendi
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated April 25, 2014

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Recommended Citation

Rodríguez-Flores, C. I. and M. d. C. Arizmendi (2020). West Mexican Chachalaca (Ortalis poliocephala), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.wemcha1.01
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