Chestnut-headed Chachalaca
Ortalis ruficeps
Data DeficientAves · Galliformes · Cracidae
About
The chestnut-headed chachalaca is a bird in the family Cracidae, the chachalacas, guans, and curassows. It is endemic to Brazil.
Fun Fact
What is now the chestnut-headed chachalaca was previously a subspecies of what was then called variable chachalaca (Ortalis motmot).
Quick Facts
Habitat
Found only in north-central Brazil, south of the Amazon River between rio Tapajós in Pará state and rio Araguaia in Tocantins state.
Diet
Eats flowers and leaves.
Lifespan
To be updated
Threats
- Habitat Change
- Human Disturbance