Gray-headed Chachalaca
Ortalis cinereiceps
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderGalliformes (Landfowl)
- FamilyCracidae (Guans, Chachalacas, and Curassows)
- GenusOrtalis (Chachalacas)
- SpeciesOrtalis cinereiceps (Gray-headed Chachalaca)
Closest Relatives at La Amistad International Park (Panama)
Crested Guan
Penelope purpurascens
Black Guan
Chamaepetes unicolor
Great Curassow
Crax rubra
Spotted Wood Quail
Odontophorus guttatus
Helmeted Guineafowl
Numida meleagris
Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo
Black-breasted Wood Quail
Odontophorus leucolaemus
Marbled Wood Quail
Odontophorus gujanensis
Crested Bobwhite
Colinus cristatus
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Gray-headed Chachalaca in La Amistad International Park (Panama)?
About 16% of visitor-days record a Gray-headed Chachalaca sighting in La Amistad International Park (Panama), based on 1739 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Gray-headed Chachalaca in La Amistad International Park (Panama)?
May has the highest sighting rate for Gray-headed Chachalaca in La Amistad International Park (Panama) in our monthly data.