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Buff-browed Chachalaca
Ortalis superciliaris Gray, GR, 1867
Cracidae — Chachalacas, Curassows, Guans
Buff-browed Chachalaca, Ortalis superciliaris, is a bird of north-eastern Brazil, where it breeds in the lowlands of Pará, Maranhão, Ceará, Tocantins and Piauí. It belongs to the Cracidae family within Galliformes. The bird is notable for its strong eyebrow, which is unlike that of other Ortalis species and may range from buffy white to pale cinnamon. It was first described by Gray in 1867.
- Order
- Galliformes
- Family
- Cracidae — Chachalacas, Curassows, Guans
- Breeding range
- South America: ne Brazil
