Grey-headed Chachalaca
Ortalis cinereicepsGray, GR, 1867
English (US) Gray-headed Chachalaca
UK name: Grey-headed Chachalaca
The Grey-headed Chachalaca (Ortalis cinereiceps) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Cracidae (Guans, Curassows, and Chachalacas) in the order Galliformes.
Range: tropical eastern Honduras to northwestern ColombiaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Ortalis cinereiceps
- Order
- Galliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Gray-headed Chachalaca
- English (UK)
- Grey-headed Chachalaca
- Described by
- Gray, GR, 1867
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Ortalida cinereiceps
- Described by
- Gray, GR, 1867
- Type locality
- ? Type collected by Kellett and Wood.
- Original description
- List of the specimens of birds in the collection of the British Museum pt5 p.12
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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