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Taxonomic note

Ortalis guttata, O. araucuan and O. squamata (del Hoyo and Collar 2014) were previously lumped as O. guttata following Stotz et al. (1996) and SACC (2011), and before then were also lumped with O. colombiana as O. guttata following Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993).

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.
SACC. 2005 and updates. A classification of the bird species of South America. Available at: https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.htm.

Population justification: The population size has not been quantified, but the taxon is described as localised. The species is thought to tolerate secondary habitats and human activity reasonably well, but is suspected to have undergone declines in some areas owing to hunting pressure: the rate of these declines have not been quantified but are not believed to be sufficiently rapid to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population trend criterion.

Trend justification: The species is thought to tolerate secondary habitats and human activity reasonably well, but is suspected to have undergone declines in some areas owing to hunting pressure: the rate of these declines have not been quantified but are not believed to be sufficiently rapid to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population trend criterion.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Colombian Chachalaca Ortalis columbiana. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/colombian-chachalaca-ortalis-columbiana on 22/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 22/12/2024.