Red-billed Curassow (Crax blumenbachii)

Other Names (World)
Red-billed Curassow, Blumenbach's Curassow, Red-wattled Curassow

Family
Cracidae (Guans, Chachalacas, Curassows)

Size
85 cm

First Described (Guide)
Spix, 1825

Range (Guide)

Brazil (B).

South-eastern Brazil. Formerly fairly widespread from S Bahia south to north-eastern Rio de Janeiro; currently restricted to a few scattered forest patches. One record from Bolivia repeatedly claimed to refer to present species, but erroneously.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 200 - 249 (2010) and decreasing.

Status EN
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (13)...)

Red-billed Curassow (Crax blumenbachii) [XC504357]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Reserva Natural da Vale - Linhares, Espirito Santo, Brazil (song)

Red-billed Curassow (Crax blumenbachii) [XC37195]
by Ciro Albano from Fazenda Cupido e Ref\u00fagio, Linhares - ES, Brazil (call)

Subspecies
All members of genus form superspecies.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Red-billed Curassow (Crax blumenbachii) - 10 files

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