Rufous-vented chachalaca

Rufous-vented chachalaca
In Venezuela
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Cracidae
Genus: Ortalis
Species:
O. ruficauda
Binomial name
Ortalis ruficauda
Jardine, 1847

The rufous-vented chachalaca (Ortalis ruficauda) is a member of an ancient group of birds of the family Cracidae, which are related to the Australasian mound builders. It inhabits northeast Colombia and northern Venezuela where it is called guacharaca, and the island of Tobago in Trinidad and Tobago where it is known as the cocrico and is one of the country's two national birds (being featured on the country's coat of arms). It is also found on Bequia and Union Island in the Grenadines where it may have been introduced.

  1. ^ BirdLife International. (2023). "Ortalis ruficauda". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T22678315A234028245. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T22678315A234028245.en. Retrieved 5 September 2024.