a certain type of bird (see Molina) (an onomatopoetic word)
IPAspelling:
tʃɑtʃɑlɑhtɬi
Alonso de Molina:
chachalatli. cierto paxaro. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 18v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.
Attestations from sources in English:
The word seems to capture the bird the sounds makes.