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title: "Gewone oeakari"
description: "Cacajao calvus — Zoogdieren. The bald uakari (Cacajao calvus) or bald-headed uakari is a small New World monkey characterized by a very short tail, a bright, crimson face, bald head, and long coat."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/bald-uakari
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Gewone oeakari

> Cacajao calvus — Zoogdieren. The bald uakari (Cacajao calvus) or bald-headed uakari is a small New World monkey characterized by a very short tail, a bright, crimson face, bald head, and long coat.

- Scientific name: *Cacajao calvus*
- Category: `mammals` (Zoogdieren)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 69
- Wikidata: [Q377612](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q377612)
- iNaturalist taxon: [43654](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/43654)

## Names

- en: Bald Uakari
- de: Weißer Uakari
- es: Cacajao
- fr: Ouakari Chauve
- nl: Gewone oeakari
- pt: Uacari-branco
- pl: Uakari szkarłatny

## Countries with the most observations

BR (46)

## Summary

The bald uakari (Cacajao calvus) or bald-headed uakari is a small New World monkey characterized by a very short tail, a bright, crimson face, bald head, and long coat. The bald uakari is restricted to várzea forests and other wooded habitats near water in the western Amazon of Brazil and Peru.

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

## Photo

![Gewone oeakari](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/bald-uakari/medium.jpg)

Photo: Whaldener Endo · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/122053309

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/bald-uakari?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).