Nocturnal Curassow (Nothocrax urumutum)

Other Names (World)
Nocturnal Curassow, Rufous Curassow, Flat-crested Curassow, Urumutum Curassow, Urumutum

Family
Cracidae (Guans, Chachalacas, Curassows)

Size
50 - 57 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Spix, 1825)

Range (Guide)

Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela.

Upper and middle Amazonia in southern Venezuela, south-eastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador, north-eastern Peru and western and central Brazil.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (21)...)

Nocturnal Curassow (Nothocrax urumutum) [XC163397]
by GABRIEL LEITE from ACTS, Loreto, Peru (song)

Nocturnal Curassow (Nothocrax urumutum) [XC360963]
by Brayan Coral Jaramillo from Reserva Natural La Isla Escondida, Colombia (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Nocturnal Curassow (Nothocrax urumutum) - 10 files

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