Rufous-headed Chachalaca
Ortalis erythropteraSclater, PL; Salvin, O, 1870
English (US) Rufous-headed Chachalaca
The Rufous-headed Chachalaca (Ortalis erythroptera) 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: western Ecuador and far northwestern PeruRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Ortalis erythroptera
- Order
- Galliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Rufous-headed Chachalaca
- Described by
- Sclater, PL; Salvin, O, 1870
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Ortalida erythroptera
- Described by
- Sclater, PL; Salvin, O, 1870
- Type locality
- Babahoyo and Guayaquil, western Ecuador.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1870, pt.2 p.540
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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