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Little Chachalaca

Ortalis motmot(Linnaeus, C, 1766)

English (US) Little Chachalaca

The Little Chachalaca (Ortalis motmot) 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: southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Amazonian BrazilRange summary from AviList, in English.

Scientific name
Ortalis motmot
IUCN Red List
Not Evaluated
English (US)
Little Chachalaca
Described by
(Linnaeus, C, 1766)

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Taxonomic history

First described as
Phasianus Motmot
Described by
(Linnaeus, C, 1766)
Type locality
Brazil and Guiana = Cayenne, accepted as type locality by Berlepsch and Hartert, Nov. Zool., 9, 1902, p. 120, ex Brissonian reference.
Original description
Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1] p.271

Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.

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