It has a dull rufous crown and nape, brown upperparts, and a reddish rump.

The lower throat and breast are dark brownish with whitish (female) or buffy (male) spots; the rest of the underparts are white except for the ochre vent.

[4] The East Brazilian chachalaca is found in a fairly narrow strip of far eastern Brazil, from Rio Grande do Norte south into Espírito Santo and Minas Gerais.

One nest was a shallow bowl made of twigs and leaves, but unlined, and sited in dense foliage about 3.2 m (10 ft) up in a tree.

[1] Though its population has not been quantified, the species is generally considered common and the number stable.