Black Curassow

The Black Curassow is a species of bird in the Cracidae family, the chachalacas, guans, and curassows. It is found in humid forests in northern South America in Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas and far northern Brazil. It is the only Crax curassow where the male and female cannot be separated by plumage, as both are essentially black with a white crissum, and have a yellow or orange-red cere.

The Black Curassow is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The Black Curassow (Crax alector) is a species of bird in the Cracidae family, the chachalacas, guans, and curassows. It is found in humid forests in northern South America in Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas and far northern Brazil. It is the only Crax curassow where the male and female cannot be separated by plumage, as both are essentially black with a white crissum, and have a yellow (eastern part of its range) or orange-red (western part of its range) cere. More

Black Curassow is found in the following countries: 1. Brazil 2. Colombia 3. French Guiana 4. Guyana 5. Suriname 6. Venezuela Site Developed & Maintained by Shah Jahan & Sajna A Iqbal Design By FSquares COPYRIGHT (C) TheBirdsISaw.COM. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 2007. More

(only exception being the Black Curassow), which is by size only in Mitu, and minor or rare in Nothocrax and Pauxi. Crax curassows probably originated as a distinct lineage during the Tortonian (Late Miocene), some 10-9 mya, in the western or northwestern Amazonas basin, as indicated by mt and nDNA sequence data calibrated against geological events (Pereira & Baker 2004, Pereira et al. 2002). More

Results for: black curassowTranslations 1 - 30 of 708 English English Finnish Finnish black curassow isohokko, Crax alector great curassow aarnihokko, Crax rubra red-billed curassow punanokkahokko, Crax blumenbachii salvin’s curassow viidakkohokko, Mitu salvini nocturnal curassow yöhokko, Nothocrax urumutum alagoas curassow alagoasinhokko, Mitu mitu wattled curassow More