Ortalis araucuan
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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
The East Brazilian chachalaca (Ortalis araucuan) is a species of bird in the family Cracidae, the chachalacas, guans, and curassows. It is endemic to eastern Brazil. The East Brazilian chachalaca was considered a subspecies of the speckled chachalaca (Ortalis guttata). It has also been treated as conspecific with little chachalaca (O. motmot) and buff-browed chachalaca (O. superciliaris). It is monotypic.
The East Brazilian chachalaca is about 50 cm (1.6 ft) long. It has a dull rufous crown and nape, brown upperparts, and a reddish rump. Its gular patch is red. The lower throat and breast are dark brownish with whitish (female) or buffy (male) spots; the rest of the underparts are white except for the ochre vent. Its dark brown eye is surrounded by bare slate blue skin.
The East Brazilian chachalaca is found in a fairly narrow strip of far eastern Brazil, from Rio Grande do Norte south into Espírito Santo and Minas Gerais. Its primary habitat is the Atlantic Forest but also includes secondary forest, caatinga, and restinga landscapes.
The East Brazilian chachalaca forages in... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chapada Diamantina National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parque Zoobotânico Getúlio Vargas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Parque Ecológico de São Carlos | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
No species of the same family or order lives in Maceió, so these are its closest relatives here: other birds.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report an East Brazilian Chachalaca sighting in Maceió on a given day, based on 136 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 24th most-seen of the 127 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report an East Brazilian Chachalaca in Maceió on a given day, against about 10% in April, the lowest month. That is one of Maceió's driest months, with about 25 mm of rain against 200 mm in June.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most East Brazilian Chachalaca sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 2 cities where we can rate East Brazilian Chachalaca sightings, Maceió has the highest daily chance: about 20%. Next come Vitória (Brazil, under 5%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the East Brazilian Chachalaca is recorded against all the birds logged in Maceió (136 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
