West Mexican Chachalaca
Ortalis poliocephala(Wagler, JG, 1830)
English (US) West Mexican Chachalaca
The West Mexican Chachalaca (Ortalis poliocephala) 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: semiarid western Mexico (central Jalisco and Michoacán to Chiapas)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Ortalis poliocephala
- Order
- Galliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- West Mexican Chachalaca
- Described by
- (Wagler, JG, 1830)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Penelope poliocephala
- Described by
- (Wagler, JG, 1830)
- Type locality
- Mexico.
- Original description
- Isis von Oken 23 col.1112
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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