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The West Mexican Chachalaca (Ortalis poliocephala) is a species of bird in the Cracidae family. It is found only in Mexico, more specifically in Pacific-slope (and adjacent interior) thorn forest from Jalisco to Oaxaca. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. Source: Wikipedia
Order:
Galliformes
Family:
Cracidae
Genus:
Ortalis
Scientific:
Ortalis poliocephala
Citation:
(Wagler, 1830)
Reference:
Isis col.1112
Protonym:
Penelope poliocephala
Avibase ID:
98FC9EB99421EFB5
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/98FC9EB9
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 175726
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 38th suppl.): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 39th suppl.): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 40th suppl.): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 41st suppl.): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (1998): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 42nd suppl.): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 43rd suppl.): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 44th suppl.): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 45th suppl.): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 46th suppl.): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 47th suppl.): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 48th suppl.): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 49th suppl.): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 50th suppl.): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 51st suppl.): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 52nd suppl.): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 53rd suppl.): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 54th suppl.): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 55th suppl.): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 56th suppl.): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 57th suppl.): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 58th suppl.): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 59th suppl.): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 60th suppl.): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl.): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 00: West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 01: West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 02: West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 03: West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 04: West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Ortalide de Wagler ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Ortalide de Wagler ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
Clements 4th edition: West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (as published): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition: West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2015: West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2016: West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2017: West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2018: West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2019: West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.50: West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.52: West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.53: West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.54: West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.55: West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
eBird version 2015: West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
eBird version 2016: West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
eBird version 2017: West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
eBird version 2018: West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
eBird version 2019: West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
James Lee Peters (original): Ortalis vetula poliocephala [version 2] |
James Lee Peters (2nd edition): Ortalis vetula poliocephala [version 2] |
Sibley and Monroe (1993): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe 2nd edition (1996): West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01: West Mexican Chachalaca ( Ortalis poliocephala) [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Ortalis poliocephala [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Ortalis poliocephala [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Ortalis [poliocephala or wagleri]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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