Plain Chachalaca

I try hard not to be biased about birds, but I can't help to love colorful birds more. I think we are all born with liking the more beautiful of animals. Which would you rather look at--the lion or the hyena? The lion is beautiful and proud, and it would appear that hyenas show their weaselly little personalities on their faces. Of course, what I know about lions and weasels could fit in a few sentences, so sometimes looks can be deceiving.

Today I'm writing about the Plain Chachalaca, and I'm not sure how to sound out chachalaca, but it's a fun word to play around with. I've decided to sound it out as Chewbacca , since Chewbacca is one of my favorite characters in Star Wars. In my last home, one of my doors sounded just like him every time I opened it. I miss that door.

Back to the Plain Chachalaca, how sad to have the word plain to start off your name. I know humans wouldn't care for it at all--such as "Oh, look there comes Plain Rhonda," nope not fun at all.
Though I'm sure this bird doesn't care what we call it, though I've often wondered if birds have names for each other. Especially birds that mate for life! Do they chirp "hey you" or do they have a little chirp that is always used as a name?

I continually try to write about this bird, but my brain keeps getting in the way, so now I promise to say a few words about this plain being.
The first thing I noticed when looking at the few videos available on YouTube is that these birds are loud, and they sound as if a locust (cicada in other states) had a extremely loud microphone.

I'm writing about birds in the USA for right now, and this bird barely made it as a resident, since it's only lives in the very, very southeastern tip of Texas. The rest of the birds can be found in Mexico and Central America.

The diet it strives for is fruit, but will eat many other foods including people's junk food. We humans love to spread our bad habits.
The bird is least concern on the bird conservation status, which mean it's not endangered at all. I wish that was true for all birds.