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
- Order
- Galliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Not Evaluated
- English (US)
- Little Chachalaca
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic 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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White-bellied Chachalaca
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Speckled Chachalaca
Ortalis guttata
East Brazilian Chachalaca
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Scaled Chachalaca
Ortalis squamata
Chestnut-headed Chachalaca
Ortalis ruficeps
Buff-browed Chachalaca
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