Chestnut-headed Chachalaca
Ortalis ruficeps(Wagler, JG, 1830)
English (US) Chestnut-headed Chachalaca
The Chestnut-headed Chachalaca (Ortalis ruficeps) 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: north-central Brazil south of the Amazon RiverRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Ortalis ruficeps
- Order
- Galliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Not Evaluated
- English (US)
- Chestnut-headed Chachalaca
- Described by
- (Wagler, JG, 1830)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Penelope ruficeps
- Described by
- (Wagler, JG, 1830)
- Type locality
- Brazil; the type is from the State of Para.
- Original description
- Isis von Oken 23 col.1111
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Colombian Chachalaca
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Speckled Chachalaca
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East Brazilian Chachalaca
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Scaled Chachalaca
Ortalis squamata
Little Chachalaca
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Buff-browed Chachalaca
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