Scaled Chachalaca
Ortalis squamataLesson, RP, 1829
English (US) Scaled Chachalaca
The Scaled Chachalaca (Ortalis squamata) 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: southeastern BrazilRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Ortalis squamata
- Order
- Galliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Scaled Chachalaca
- Described by
- Lesson, RP, 1829
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Ortalida squamata
- Described by
- Lesson, RP, 1829
- Type locality
- South America: type is from the State of Santa Catharina, Brazil.
- Original description
- Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des différens êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-mêmes, d'après l'état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement à l'utilité qu'en peuvent retirer la médecine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les arts. Suivi d'une biographie des plus célèbres naturalistes ...Par plusieurs professeurs du Jardin du Roi, et des principales écoles de Paris 59 p.195
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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