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Colombian chachalaca

Ortalis columbiana Hellmayr, 1906

LCLeast Concernbirds

The colombian chachalaca (Ortalis columbiana) is a species in the family Cracidae, order Galliformes. Recorded adults weigh 500 g to 600 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Colombian chachalaca (Ortalis columbiana)
Photo: Mateo.gable · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the colombian chachalaca

Weight
500 g – 600 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Frugivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
shrublandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the colombian chachalaca live?

Not recorded

What is the colombian chachalaca?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Colombian chachalaca (Ortalis columbiana) is a species of bird in the family Cracidae. It is endemic to the forests and woodlands in the inter-Andean valleys in Colombia. Colombian chachalacas are frugivorous and lead an arboreal lifestyle. The large seeds they disperse through defecation support the maintenance of diverse tropical forests.

From the Wikipedia article “Colombian chachalaca” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Colombian_chachalaca&oldid=1379851534), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the colombian chachalaca endangered?

The colombian chachalaca is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the colombian chachalaca classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderGalliformes
  5. familyCracidae
  6. genusOrtalis
  7. SpeciesOrtalis columbiana Hellmayr, 1906

Synonyms Ortalis colombiana, Ortalis columbiana columbiana, Ortalis guttata colombiana, Ortalis guttata columbiana

Other names and names in other languages (25)
  • شاشالاكا كولومبيArabic
  • txatxalaca de ColòmbiaCatalan
  • čačalaka kolumbijskáCzech
  • Colombiansk ChachalacaDanish
  • KolumbienguanGerman
  • Kolumbianischer TüpfelguanGerman
  • kolombia ĉaĉalakoEsperanto
  • Chachalaca colombianaSpanish
  • Guacharaca colombianaSpanish
  • magdalenankaklattajaFinnish
  • Ortalide de ColombieFrench
  • Ciacialaca colombianoItalian
  • コロンビアヒメシャクケイJapanese
  • Colombiaanse ChachalacaDutch
  • colombiahokkoNorwegian
  • czakalaka kolumbijskaPolish
  • aracuã-colombianoPortuguese
  • chachalaca-colombianaPortuguese
  • Колумбийская чачалакаRussian
  • Kolumbijska čačalakaSerbian
  • colombiachachalacaSwedish
  • İncili ÇaçalakaTurkish
  • чачалака колумбійськаUkrainian
  • 哥伦比亚小冠雉Chinese
  • 哥倫比亞斑點稚冠雉Chinese

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Relatives of the colombian chachalaca

Other species in the same genus Ortalis.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the colombian chachalaca?

An adult colombian chachalaca weighs 500 g – 600 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the colombian chachalaca endangered?

The colombian chachalaca is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the colombian chachalaca?

The colombian chachalaca (Ortalis columbiana) belongs to the family Cracidae in the order Galliformes.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Colombian chachalaca (Ortalis columbiana). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/colombian-chachalaca

MLA

“Colombian chachalaca (Ortalis columbiana).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/colombian-chachalaca.

BibTeX
@misc{colombian_chachalaca_2026,
  title = {Colombian chachalaca (Ortalis columbiana)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/colombian-chachalaca},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}