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

# Scaled Chachalaca

> Ortalis squamata — Vogels. The scaled chachalaca (Ortalis squamata) is a species of bird in the family Cracidae, the chachalacas, guans, and curassows.

- Scientific name: *Ortalis squamata*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 936
- Wikidata: [Q3356705](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3356705)
- iNaturalist taxon: [339586](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/339586)

## Names

- en: Scaled Chachalaca
- de: Schuppenguan
- es: Chachalaca Escamada
- fr: Ortalide écaillée
- pt: Aracuã-escamoso
- pl: Czakalaka łuskowana

## Countries with the most observations

BR (876)

## Summary

The scaled chachalaca (Ortalis squamata) is a species of bird in the family Cracidae, the chachalacas, guans, and curassows. It is endemic to Brazil.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: NINA WENÓLI · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/370626770

## Machine access

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