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Rufous-headed Chachalaca

Ortalis erythroptera Sclater, PL; Salvin, O 1870

The rufous-headed chachalaca is a species of bird in the family Cracidae, the chachalacas, guans, and curassows. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Galliformes
Family:
  Cracidae
Genus:
   Ortalis
Scientific:
  Ortalis erythroptera

Original description

Citation:
  Sclater, PL; Salvin, O 1870

Reference:
   Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1870, Part 2 p. 540

Protonym:
  Ortalida erythroptera

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28555400

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  7B8E0E0F652CC418

Avibase ID:
  avibase-7B8E0E0F

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/7B8E0E0F

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 175721

Geographic range:

  • Ortalis erythroptera: W Ecuador and extreme nw Peru
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca
Catalan:
Txatxalaca cap-roig
Czech:
čačalaka rezavohlavá
Danish:
Rusthovedet Chachalaca
German:
Rotkopfguan
Spanish:
Chachalaca Cabecirrufa
Spanish (Spain):
Chachalaca Cabecirrufa
Finnish:
ecuadorinkaklattaja
French:
Ortalide à tête rousse
Croatian:
riđoglava čačalaka
Italian:
Ciacialaca testarossiccia
Japanese (romaji):
zuakahimeshakukei
Japanese:
ズアカヒメシャクケイ
Lithuanian:
Rausvagalvė čačalaka
Dutch:
Roodkopchachalaca
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Rusthovudhokko
Norwegian:
Rusthodehokko
Polish:
czakalaka rudogłowa
Portuguese:
Aracuã-de-cabeça-ruiva
Russian:
Красноголовая чачалака
Slovak:
čačalaka ekvádorská
Serbian:
Riđoglava čačalaka
Swedish:
rosthuvad chachalaca
Ukrainian:
Чачалака рудоголова
Chinese:
棕头小冠雉
Chinese (Traditional):
棕頭稚冠雉

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Ortalide à tête rousse ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Ortalide à tête rousse ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Clements 1st edition:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Clements, version 2021:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Clements, version 2022:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Clements, version 2023:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Clements 3rd edition:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Clements 4th edition:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Clements 6th edition:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Clements, version 2015:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Clements, version 2016:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Clements, version 2017:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Clements, version 2018:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Clements, version 2019:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
eBird version 1.50:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
eBird version 1.52:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
eBird version 1.53:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
eBird version 1.54:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
eBird version 1.55:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
eBird version 2015:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
eBird version 2016:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
eBird version 2017:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
eBird version 2018:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
eBird version 2019:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
eBird version 2021:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
eBird version 2022:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
eBird version 2023:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Ortalis erythroptera
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Ortalis erythroptera
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Ortalis erythroptera
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
South American Classification Committee (24/10/2003):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
South American Classification Committee (14/09/2005):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
South American Classification Committee (16/07/2006):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
South American Classification Committee (26/09/2007):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
South American Classification Committee (01/05/2008):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
South American Classification Committee (30/09/2009):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
South American Classification Committee (19/08/2010):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
South American Classification Committee (8/08/2011):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
South American Classification Committee (8/02/2012):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
South American Classification Committee (4/09/2012):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
South American Classification Committee (17/03/2013):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
South American Classification Committee (9/02/2014):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
South American Classification Committee (16/02/2015):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
South American Classification Committee (28/07/2016):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
South American Classification Committee (22/04/2017):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
South American Classification Committee (4/06/2018):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
South American Classification Committee (6/06/2019):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
South American Classification Committee (20/02/2020):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
South American Classification Committee (8/06/2020):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
South American Classification Committee (24/08/2021):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
South American Classification Committee (24/07/2022):
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
Rufous-headed Chachalaca ( Ortalis erythroptera)
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Ortalis erythroptera
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Ortalis erythroptera

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Species status: full species

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Azerbaijani: qırmızıbaş çaçalaka
Catalan: Txatxalaca cap-roig
Czech: Cacalaka cervenohlavá, čačalaka rezacohlavá, čačalaka rezavohlavá
Danish: Rusthovedet Chachalaca
German: Rotkopfguan, Rotkopftschatschalaka
English: Ecuadorian chachalaca, Rufous headed Chachalaca, Rufous-headed Chachalaca
English, HBW: Rufous-headed Chachalaca
English (IOC): Rufous-headed Chachalaca
English (United States): Rufous-headed Chachalaca
Esperanto: Ruĝflugila ortalo
Spanish: Chachalaca Cabecirrufa, Guacharaca Cabecirrufa, Guacharaca Colorada
Spanish (Colombia): Guacharaca Cabecirrufa
Spanish (Ecuador): Chachalaca (Guacharaca) Cabecirrufa
Spanish (Spain): Chachalaca Cabecirrufa
Spanish (HBW): Rufous-headed Chachalaca
Spanish (Peru): Chachalaca de Cabeza Rufa
Estonian: ekuadori tšatšalaka
Finnish: ecuadorinkaklattaja, perunkaklattaja, Punapääkaklattaja
French: Ortalide à tête rouge, Ortalide à tête rousse
Croatian: riđoglava čačalaka
Italian: Ciacialaca testarossa, Ciacialaca testarossiccia
Japanese (romaji): zuakahimeshakukei
Japanese: ズアカヒメシャクケイ
Kazakh: қызылбас чачалака
Scientific: Ortalida erythroptera, Ortalis erythroptera
Lithuanian: Rausvagalvė čačalaka
Dutch: Roodkopchachalaca
Norwegian Nynorsk: Rusthovudhokko
Norwegian: Rusthodehokko
Polish: czakalaka rudoglowa, czakalaka rudogłowa
Portuguese: Aracuã-de-cabeça-ruiva
Portuguese (Portugal): chachalaca-de-cabeça-ruiva
Russian: Красноголовая чачалака
Slovak: čačalaka ekvádorská, šuan ekvádorský
Serbian: Riđoglava čačalaka
Swedish: Rosthuvad chachalaca
Turkish: Kızıl başlı çaçalaka
Ukrainian: Чачалака рудоголова
Chinese: 棕头小冠雉
Chinese (Traditional): 棕頭稚冠雉

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