Black curassow
| Black curassow | |
|---|---|
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Galliformes |
| Family: | Cracidae |
| Genus: | Crax |
| Species: | C. alector |
| Binomial name | |
| Crax alector Linnaeus, 1766 | |
The black curassow (Crax alector), also known as the smooth-billed curassow and the crested 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. Introduced to Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and Lesser Antilles.[2] 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.
Taxonomy
There are two recognized subspecies:
- C. a. alector (Linnaeus, 1766) - eastern Colombia and Venezuela south of the Orinoco River
- C. a. erythrognatha (PL Sclater and Salvin, 1877) - extreme eastern Venezuela to the Guianas and Brazil north of the Amazon
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Crax alector". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ Long, John L. (1981). Introduced Birds of the World. Agricultural Protection Board of Western Australia, 21-493
External links
- Black Curassow videos on the Internet Bird Collection
- Stamps (for Suriname) with RangeMap
- Black Curassow photo gallery VIREO Photo-High Res--(Close-up)
- High Res Photo Gallery and analysis--"Birds in Suriname" www1.nhl.nl