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title: "Rufous-vented Chachalaca"
description: "Ortalis ruficauda — Uccelli. The rufous-vented chachalaca (Ortalis ruficauda) is a member of an ancient group of birds of the family Cracidae, which are related to the Australasian mound builders."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/rufous-vented-chachalaca
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Rufous-vented Chachalaca

> Ortalis ruficauda — Uccelli. The rufous-vented chachalaca (Ortalis ruficauda) is a member of an ancient group of birds of the family Cracidae, which are related to the Australasian mound builders.

- Scientific name: *Ortalis ruficauda*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 808
- Wikidata: [Q940808](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q940808)
- iNaturalist taxon: [2084](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/2084)

## Names

- en: Rufous-vented Chachalaca
- de: Rotschwanzguan
- es: Guacharaca culirroja
- fr: Ortalide à ventre roux
- nl: Roodbuikchachalaca
- pl: Czakalaka rdzaworzytna

## Countries with the most observations

VE (264), TT (206), CO (205)

## Summary

The rufous-vented chachalaca (Ortalis ruficauda) is a member of an ancient group of birds of the family Cracidae, which are related to the Australasian mound builders. It inhabits northeast Colombia and northern Venezuela where it is called guacharaca, and the island of Tobago in Trinidad and Tobago where it is known as the cocrico and is one of the country's two national birds (being featured on the country's coat of arms). It is also found on Bequia and Union Island in the Grenadines where it may have been introduced.

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

## Photo

![Rufous-vented Chachalaca](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/rufous-vented-chachalaca/medium.jpg)

Photo: Evan Williams · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/239382472

## Machine access

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