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title: "Chaco Chachalaca"
description: "Ortalis canicollis — Birds. The Chaco chachalaca (Ortalis canicollis) is a species of bird in the family Cracidae, the chachalacas, guans, and curassows."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/chaco-chachalaca
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Chaco Chachalaca

> Ortalis canicollis — Birds. The Chaco chachalaca (Ortalis canicollis) is a species of bird in the family Cracidae, the chachalacas, guans, and curassows.

- Scientific name: *Ortalis canicollis*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `savanna` (Savanna)
- iNaturalist observations: 1768
- Wikidata: [Q1067564](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1067564)
- iNaturalist taxon: [2088](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/2088)

## Names

- en: Chaco Chachalaca
- de: Chacoguan
- es: Charata
- fr: Ortalide du Chaco
- nl: Chaco-chachalaca
- pt: Aracuã-do-pantanal
- pl: Czakalaka bura

## Countries with the most observations

BR (907), AR (713), BO (46), PY (36), UY (3)

## Summary

The Chaco chachalaca (Ortalis canicollis) is a species of bird in the family Cracidae, the chachalacas, guans, and curassows. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and possibly Uruguay.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaco_chachalaca

## Photo

![Chaco Chachalaca](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/chaco-chachalaca/medium.jpg)

Photo: Luis Capeletti · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/192352894

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/chaco-chachalaca?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).