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Ortalis motmot motmot

(Variable Chachalaca)

Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in Dutch:

Kleine Chachalaca

Common Names in English:

Little Chachalaca, Variable Chachalaca

Common Names in French:

Ortalide Motmot

Common Names in German:

Motmotguan

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia () - C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Deuterostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - Infrakingdom: Chordonia () - (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Phylum: Chordata () - Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
        Subphylum: Vertebrata () - Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
        Infraphylum: Gnathostomata () - auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
        Superclass: Tetrapoda () - Goodrich, 1930
        Class: Aves () - Linnaeus, 1758
        Subclass: Avialae () - Gauthier, 1986
        Infraclass: Aves () - (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
        Cohort: Neognathae () - Pycraft, 1900
        Superorder: Galloanserimorphae () - Sibley et al., 1988
        Order: Galliformes () - Temminck, 1820
        Suborder: Craci () - Sibley et al., 1988
        Superfamily: Cracoidea () - Vigors, 1825
        Family: Cracidae () - Vigors, 1825
        Subfamily: Penelopinae ()
        Genus: Ortalis () - Merrem, 1786
        Specific name: motmot
        Subspecies: motmot
        Scientific name: - Ortalis motmot motmot (Linnaeus) 1766

Synonyms

Ortalis motmot (Linnaeus

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Ortalis

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 22 species and subspecies in this genus:

O. canicollis (Chaco Chachalaca) · O. canicollis canicollis (Chaco Chachalaca) · O. cinereiceps (Gray-Headed Chacalaca) · O. columbiana (Colombian Chachalaca) · O. erythroptera (Rufous-Headed Chachalaca) · O. garrula (Chestnut-Winged Chachalaca) · O. guttata (Speckled Chachalaca) · O. leucogastra (White-Bellied Chachalaca) · O. motmot (Variable Chachalaca) · O. motmot motmot (Variable Chachalaca) · O. poliocephala (Rufous-Bellied Chachalaca) · O. poliocephala poliocephala (West Mexican Chachalaca) · O. ruficauda (Rufous-Vented Chachalaca) · O. ruficauda ruficauda (Rufous-Tipped Chachalaca) · O. ruficauda ruficrissa (Rufous-Vented Chachalaca) · (Buff-Browed Chachalaca) · O. vetula (Eastern Chachalaca) · O. vetula deschauenseei (Utila Chachalaca) · O. vetula mccalli (Plain Chachalaca) · O. vetula vetula (Plain Chachalaca) · (Rufous Bellied Chachalaca) · O. wagleri wagleri (Rufous-Bellied Chachalaca)

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Further Reading

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Birds of the Acary Mountains, southern British Guiana [by] Emmet R. Blake. 32 1950 [Chicago]1950. url p. 431.
Catalogue of birds of the Americas and the adjacent islands in Field Museum of Natural History and including all species and subspecies known to occur in North America, Mexico, Central America, South America, the West Indies, and islands of the Caribbean Sea, the Galapagos Archipelago, and othe 13 1942 Chicago, 1918- url p. 159, p. 160.
Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931-1987. url p. 17.
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 212.
Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 590.

Notes

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Contributors

Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1690905
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1030846

Last Revised: 7/22/2012