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Cracid vs Chachalaca - What's the difference?

cracid | chachalaca |

As nouns the difference between cracid and chachalaca

is that cracid is (zoology) any member of the cracidae while chachalaca is any of several cracid birds, of the genus ortalis , limited to the americas, that resemble the guans.

As an adjective cracid

is describing birds of the taxonomic family cracidae .

cracid

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Describing birds of the taxonomic family Cracidae

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (zoology) Any member of the Cracidae.

    • chachalaca

    English

    (wikipedia chachalaca) (Ortalis) (Ortalis)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of several cracid birds, of the genus Ortalis , limited to the Americas, that resemble the guans.

    • Derived terms

    * buff-browed chachalaca, Ortalis superciliaris * Chaco chachalaca, Ortalis canicollis * chestnut-winged chachalaca, Ortalis garrula * Colombian chachalaca, ''Ortalis columbiana (subspecies of speckled chachalaca] * grey-headed chachalaca, Ortalis cinereiceps * little chachalaca, Ortalis motmot * plain chachalaca, Ortalis vetula * rufous-bellied chachalaca, Ortalis wagleri * rufous-headed chachalaca, Ortalis erythroptera * rufous-vented chachalaca, Ortalis ruficauda * speckled chachalaca, chestnut-headed chachalaca, East Brazilian chachalaca, scaled chachalaca, Ortalis guttata * West Mexican chachalaca, Ortalis poliocephala * white-bellied chachalaca, Ortalis leucogastra