Ortalis squamata
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
The scaled chachalaca (Ortalis squamata) is a species of bird in the family Cracidae, the chachalacas, guans, and curassows. It is endemic to Brazil. The scaled chachalaca was previously considered a subspecies of the speckled chachalaca (Ortalis guttata). Before that it was treated as a subspecies of plain chachalaca (O. vetula) or what was then called variable chachalaca (O. motmot). The remota subspecies of speckled chachalaca has been proposed as actually belonging to the scaled chachalaca but that treatment has not been accepted. As currently understood, the scaled chachalaca is monotypic.
The scaled chachalaca is about 50 cm (1.6 ft) long. One male weighed about 620 g (1.4 lb) and a female 498 g (1.1 lb). Its plumage is mostly shades of brown, darker on the upperside. The breast is also dark brown with pale feather edges that give a scalloped or scaly effect. The belly is buffy and the vent chestnut. It has a small pinkish throat patch. The bare skin around the dark eye is slate gray.
The scaled chachalaca is endemic to southeastern Brazil from southern São Paulo through Paraná and Santa Catarina into... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Porto Alegre | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
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| 1 | Parque das Aves | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Zoobotanic Park of Brusque | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Agroflori Parque de las Aves | 🇧🇴 Bolivia |
No species of the same family or order lives in Porto Alegre, so these are its closest relatives here: other birds.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Scaled Chachalaca sighting in Porto Alegre on a given day, based on 156 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 63rd most-seen of the 159 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April to February
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Scaled Chachalaca in Porto Alegre on a given day, against under 5% in March, the lowest month.
Only Porto Alegre, in our data
Porto Alegre is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Scaled Chachalaca sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Scaled Chachalaca is recorded against all the birds logged in Porto Alegre (156 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.
