Species profile
Variable Chachalaca (Chestnut-headed)
Ortalis ruficeps
Quick answer
Breeding regions are SA. Breeding subregions are nc Brazil.
- Scientific name
- Ortalis ruficeps
- Family
- Cracidae
- Order
- Galliformes
- Genus
- Ortalis
Recording Variable Chachalaca (Chestnut-headed) in your journal
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