Scaled Chachalaca

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Scaled Chachalaca
In Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Conservation status
Not recognized (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Cracidae
Genus: Ortalis
Species: O. squamata
Binomial name
Ortalis squamata
Lesson, 1829

The Scaled Chachalaca (Ortalis squamata) is a species of bird in the Cracidae family. It is found in forests in southeastern Brazil. It was previously considered a subspecies of the Speckled Chachalaca.

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