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 VU    Rufous-headed Chachalaca* Id (Atlas):
    Ortalis erythroptera

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Rufous-headed Chachalaca, Ecuadorian Chachalaca

Family
Cracidae (Guans, Chachalacas, Curassows)

Size
56 - 66 cm

First Described (Guide)
Sclater & Salvin, 1870

Range (Guide)
Colombia (B), Ecuador (B), Peru (B).

Western Ecuador and extreme north-western Peru; may occur in south-western Colombia (NariƱo).
 
Population
Estimated population is 2,500 - 9,999 (2010) and decreasing.

Status VU
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (18)...)

 
Rufous-headed Chachalaca (Ortalis erythroptera) [XC257414]
     by Mitch Lysinger from Loja: Sozoranga area, Ecuador (alarm call, alarm calls)

 
Rufous-headed Chachalaca (Ortalis erythroptera) [XC462043]
     by Leonardo Ord\u00f3\u00f1ez-Delgado from Reserva Ecol\u00f3gica Arenillas, El Oro, Ecuador (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.


References
See References.


Files:
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