West Mexican Chachalaca Ortalis poliocephala Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (20)
- Monotypic
Claudia I. Rodríguez-Flores and Marîa del Coro Arizmendi
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated April 25, 2014
Text last updated April 25, 2014
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | txatxalaca de Jalisco |
| Czech | čačalaka západomexická |
| Dutch | West-Mexicaanse Chachalaca |
| English | West Mexican Chachalaca |
| English (United States) | West Mexican Chachalaca |
| French | Ortalide de Wagler |
| French (France) | Ortalide de Wagler |
| German | Graubrustguan |
| Japanese | メキシコヒメシャクケイ |
| Norwegian | guerrerohokko |
| Polish | czakalaka płowa |
| Russian | Серогрудая чачалака |
| Serbian | Čačalaka iz zapadnog Meksika |
| Slovak | čačalaka plavá |
| Spanish | Chachalaca Pechigrís |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Chachalaca Pálida |
| Spanish (Spain) | Chachalaca pechigrís |
| Swedish | västmexikansk chachalaca |
| Turkish | Gri Göğüslü Çaçalaka |
| Ukrainian | Чачалака західна |
Ortalis poliocephala (Wagler, 1830)
PROTONYM:
Penelope poliocephala
Wagler, 1830. Isis 23, col.1112.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Mexico.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- ORTALIS
- poliocephala / poliocephalum
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
- Year-round
- Migration
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- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the West Mexican Chachalaca
