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| Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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Great Curassow* |
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Crax rubra |
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Description (10)
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Great Curassow
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Other Names (World)
Great Curassow, Great Crested Curassow, Mexican Curassow, Globose Curassow, Cozumel Curassow (griscomi)
Family
Cracidae (Guans, Chachalacas, Curassows)
Size
78 - 92 cm
First Described (Guide)
Linnaeus, 1758
Belize (B), Colombia (B), Costa Rica (B), Ecuador (B), El Salvador (B), Guatemala (B), Honduras (B), Mexico (B), Nicaragua (B), Panama (B).
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is 10,000 - 60,000 (2010) and decreasing.
Status VU
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (11)...)
Great Curassow (Crax rubra) [XC221774]
by William Adsett from La Selva CR, Heredia, Costa Rica (call)
Great Curassow (Crax rubra) [XC253658]
by Olaf Jahn from Altos del Torre\u00f3n, Altos de Cerro Azul, Panama (alarm call)
Subspecies
All members of genus form superspecies. Crax globicera is synonym.
Has hybridized with Blue-billed Curassow (Crax alberti) and Black Curassow (Crax alector), producing fertile offspring.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
- rubra Linnaeus, 1758 - Eastern Mexico south through Central America to western Colombia and western Ecuador.
- griscomi Nelson, 1926 - Cozumel I, on coast of Yucatán, south-eastern Mexico.
References
See References.
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Great Curassow see...  BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
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