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title: "Czakalaka północna"
description: "Ortalis vetula — Ptaki. The plain chachalaca (Ortalis vetula) is a large bird in the chachalaca, guan and curassow family Cracidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/plain-chachalaca
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Czakalaka północna

> Ortalis vetula — Ptaki. The plain chachalaca (Ortalis vetula) is a large bird in the chachalaca, guan and curassow family Cracidae.

- Scientific name: *Ortalis vetula*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las), `savanna` (Sawanna)
- iNaturalist observations: 14732
- Wikidata: [Q772929](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q772929)
- iNaturalist taxon: [2090](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/2090)

## Names

- en: Plain Chachalaca
- de: Braunflügelguan
- es: Chachalaca Oriental
- fr: Ortalide chacamel
- nl: Bruine chachalaca
- pl: Czakalaka północna

## Countries with the most observations

MX (8087), US (5011), BZ (480), HN (175), GT (163), CR (87), NI (28), SV (9)

## Summary

The plain chachalaca (Ortalis vetula) is a large bird in the chachalaca, guan and curassow family Cracidae. It breeds in tropical and subtropical environments from mezquital thickets in the Rio Grande Valley in southernmost Texas, United States to northernmost Costa Rica. In Central America, this species occurs in the Pacific lowlands from Chiapas, Mexico to northern Nicaragua and as a separate population in Costa Rica, where its range is separated by a short distance, as a disjunct population.
This species frequents dry and moist forests, especially where interspersed with scrub and savanna. Usually found in groups…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plain_chachalaca

## Photo

![Czakalaka północna](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/plain-chachalaca/medium.jpg)

Photo: natgrace18 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/264994626

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/plain-chachalaca?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).