Chachalacas, Guans and Curassows (Cracidae) - HBW 2
Speckled Chachalaca (Ortalis guttata)
French: Ortalide maillée
German: Tüpfelguan
Spanish: Chachalaca Moteada
Other common names: Spotted Chachalaca; Colombian Chachalaca (columbiana); Brazilian/White bellied Chachalaca (araucuan); Scaled Chachalaca (squamata)
Taxonomy: Penelope guttata Spix, 1825, Rio Solimes, Brazil.
Forms superspecies with O. motmot and O. superciliaris, and probably also with O. leucogastra. Has been considered conspecific with first two, forming rather dissimilar and geographically disjunct Variable Chachalaca (O. motmot). Races araucuan, squamata, columbiana and guttata (incorporating subaffinis) may merit treatment as four separate species (see page 312). Population of N Colombia has been awarded race caucae, but probably synonymous with columbiana; birds of SE Mato Grosso have been ascribed race remota<.. View all taxonomy...
Forms superspecies with O. motmot and O. superciliaris, and probably also with O. leucogastra. Has been considered conspecific with first two, forming rather dissimilar and geographically disjunct Variable Chachalaca (O. motmot). Races araucuan, squamata, columbiana and guttata (incorporating subaffinis) may merit treatment as four separate species (see page 312). Population of N Colombia has been awarded race caucae, but probably synonymous with columbiana; birds of SE Mato Grosso have been ascribed race remota, but apparently very similar or identical to squamata. Five subspecies usually recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- columbiana Hellmayr, 1906 - N & C Colombia.
- guttata (Spix, 1825) - E Colombia, E Ecuador, E Peru, N Bolivia and W Brazil.
- subaffinis Todd, 1932 - E & NE Bolivia and adjacent Brazil.
- columbiana Hellmayr, 1906 - N & C Colombia.
- guttata (Spix, 1825) - E Colombia, E Ecuador, E Peru, N Bolivia and W Brazil.
- subaffinis Todd, 1932 - E & NE Bolivia and adjacent Brazil.
- araucuan (Spix, 1825) - E Brazil.
- squamata Lesson, 1829 - SE Brazil.
- Least Concern
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A bird perched under the rain San Miguel, Santiago de Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia (ssp columbiana)
Pere Sugranyes 31 October 2006 1 year ago 29 sec 4.5 -
A bird feeding on a banana and flying away Amazonia Lodge, Manu National Park, Madre de Dios, Peru (ssp guttata)
Josep del Hoyo 4 August 2005 3 years ago 36 sec 4.5 -
A perched bird calling San Miguel, Santiago de Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia (ssp columbiana)
Pere Sugranyes 31 October 2006 1 year ago 28 sec 4.4 -
Four birds feeding on bananas Amazonia Lodge, Manu National Park, Madre de Dios, Peru (ssp guttata)
Josep del Hoyo 4 August 2005 3 years ago 37 sec 4.4 -
A bird calling on a branch San Miguel, Santiago de Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia (ssp columbiana)
Pere Sugranyes 31 October 2006 1 year ago 36 sec 4.3 -
A bird in a tree preening and flying away Cock of the Rock Lodge, Kosñipata Valley, Manu National Park, Madre de Dios, Peru (ssp guttata)
Josep del Hoyo 29 July 2005 4 years ago 38 sec 4.2
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Bird on a branch raising its tail Santiago de Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia (ssp columbiana)
mauricio rueda 8 August 2009 30 weeks ago 3.7 -
looking for some food Itapoá, Santa Catarina, Brazil
beto vieira 21 August 2009 15 weeks ago 3.5
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Song. Barreiros, Pernambuco, Brazil
(ssp aracuan)
Ciro Albano 17 March 2009 51 weeks ago 3 -
Song. Barreiros, Pernambuco, Brazil
(ssp aracuan)
Ciro Albano 17 March 2009 51 weeks ago 3
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