Blue-billed Curassow (Crax alberti)

Other Names (World)
Blue-billed Curassow, Blue-knobbed Curassow, Albert's Curassow, Prince Albert's Curassow, Colombian Curassow

Family
Cracidae (Guans, Chachalacas, Curassows)

Size
82 - 93 cm

First Described (Guide)
Fraser, 1852

Range (Guide)

Colombia (B).

Northern Colombia; currently survives only in a few remnant forest patches.

Population
Estimated population is 250 - 999 (2010) and decreasing.

Status CR
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (26)...)

Blue-billed Curassow (Crax alberti) [XC10733]
by Frank Lambert from RNA El Paujil, Serrania de las Quinchas,Santander, Colombia, Colombia (alarm call)

Blue-billed Curassow (Crax alberti) [XC45333]
by Alejandro Pinto-G\u00f3mez from Reserva Los Besotes_Vereda Los Besotes (Cerro Los Besotes), municipio Valledupar, Cesar, Colombia (alarm whistles)

Subspecies
All members of genus form superspecies.

Has hybridized in captivity with Great Curassow (Crax rubra) and Bare-faced Curassow (Crax fasciolata), producing birds with a green cere; also with Wattled Curassow (Crax globulosa), White-crested Guan (Penelope pileata) and Razor-billed Curassow (Mitu tuberosum).

No subspecies.

References
See References.

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