Species

This taxon is Not Recognised as a species by BirdLife International.

Taxonomic source(s)
SACC. 2006. A classification of the bird species of South America. Available at: http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.html.
Sibley, C. G.; Monroe, B. L. 1990. Distribution and taxonomy of birds of the world. Yale University Press, New Haven, USA.

Taxonomic note
Ortalis guttata (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into O. guttata and O. colombiana following Stotz et al. (1996) and SACC (2011). Stotz et al. (2006) also suggested the geographically isolated O. g. araucuan is potentially distinct at the species level but this treatment is not adopted. Some authors have treated squamata as separate from O. guttata, while SACC (2005) also note that O. guttata and O. superciliaris have been treated as conspecific with O. motmot but neither SACC nor the BirdLife Taxonomic Working Group adopt this treatment.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2013) Species factsheet: Ortalis guttata. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 19/06/2013. Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2013) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 19/06/2013.

This information is based upon, and updates, the information published in BirdLife International (2000) Threatened birds of the world. Barcelona and Cambridge, UK: Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, BirdLife International (2004) Threatened birds of the world 2004 CD-ROM and BirdLife International (2008) Threatened birds of the world 2008 CD-ROM. These sources provide the information for species accounts for the birds on the IUCN Red List.

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