Other species prefer less humid area nearer the bordering dry forest including Leucopternis occidentalis, Ortalis erythroptera, and, Attila torridus. From Wordnik.com. [Western Ecuador moist forests] Reference
These brownish birds (Ortalis vetula and nine other species) are found throughout Central and South America, and, given research, could possibly be raised on a large scale. From Wordnik.com. [5 Chicken] Reference
Three restricted range species enter this mangrove ecoregion including the white-bellied chachalaca (Ortalis leucogastra), Pacific parakeet (Aratinga strenua) and giant wren (Campylorhynchus chiapensis). From Wordnik.com. [Tehuantepec-El Manchon mangroves] Reference
Los Katíos supports a number of species which are characteristic of Central America and are only found in this part of South America such as the mouse Heteromys desmarestianus and grey-headed chachalaca Ortalis cinereiceps. From Wordnik.com. [Los Katíos National Park, Colombia] Reference
The many interesting birds found here include ospreys (Pandion haliaetus), harpy eagles (Harpia harpyia), toucans (Ramphastos vitellinus), little chachalacas (Ortalis motmot), nine tinamous (Crypturellus spp. From Wordnik.com. [Tapajós-Xingu moist forests] Reference
Plain chachalaca (Ortalis vetula). From Wordnik.com. [Tamaulipan matorral] Reference
Other important species include the following: lesser mara (Pediolagus salinicola), giant tuco-tuco (Ctenomys conoveri); greater rhea (Rhea americana), brushland tinamou (Nothoprocta cinerascens), chaco chachalaca (Ortalis canicollis), black-legged serieman (Chunga burmeisteri), chaco blue-fronted amazon (Amazona aestiva), picui Ground Dove (Columbina picui), Guira Cuckoo (Guira guira), Little Thornbird (Phacellodomus sibilatrix), many-colored chaco finch (Saltaitricula multicolor); paraguayan caiman (Caiman yacare), southern boa (Boa constrictor occidentalis), false water cobra (Hydronastes gigas), horned frog (Ceratophrys sp.), argentine walking frog (Phyllomedusa sauvageii). From Wordnik.com. [Chaco] Reference
Some species found in the coastal mountains or in the southern parts of the ecoregion are Crypturellus transfasciatus, Ortalis erythroptera, Leptotila ochraceiventris, Ara ambigua, Aratinga erythrogenys, Brotogeris pyrrhopterus, Chaetocercus berlepschi, Chaetocercus bombus, Grallaria watkinsi, Synallaxis tithys, Hylocryptus erythrocephala, Onychorhynchus occidentalis, Lathrotriccus griseipectus, Pachyramphus spodiurus, Carduelis siemiradzkii, while others in transitional forest in the southwestern Andes on the Pacific slope in Azuay and El Oro include Leucopternis occidentalis, Pyrrhura orcesi, Thalurania hypochlora, Scytalopus robbinsi, Pseudocolaptes johnsoni, and Attila torridus. From Wordnik.com. [Ecuadorian dry forests] Reference
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