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Great Curassow
Crax rubra
10.46, -84.07
Field Notes
Description:
The Great Curassow (Crax rubra) (Spanish: hocofaisán, pavón norteño) is a large, pheasant-like bird from the Neotropics.
At 78–100 cm (31–39 in) in length and 3.1–4.8 kg (6.8–11 lb) in weight, this is a very large cracid. Females are somewhat smaller than males. It is the most massive and heavy species in the family but its length is matched by a few other cracids.
The Great Currasow spends much of its time on the ground, but nests and roosts in trees. This species is gregarious, occurring in groupings of up to a dozen birds, though occasionally birds can be seen alone. Its diet consists mainly of fruits, figs and arthropods.
The male Great Curassow may build the nest and attract a female's attention to it, though in other cases both members of a pair will build the nest structure.
Habitat:
A monogamous species, the Great Curassow is distributed in rainforest from eastern Mexico throughout Central America, to western Colombia and northwest Ecuador.
Notes:
This one has such a cute hairdo!
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