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Black Curassow 
Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Galliformes Family: Cracidae Genus: Crax Species: C. alector Binomial name Crax alector
Linnaeus, 1766The 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. 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.
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Taxonomy
Subspecies
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
- "Crax alector". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 3.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. 2009. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/141184. Retrieved November 9, 2010.
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
Categories:- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Crax
- Birds of the Guianas
- Birds of the Amazon Basin
- Birds of Venezuela
- Birds of Colombia
- Birds of Guyana
- Birds of Suriname
- Birds of French Guiana
- Birds of Brazil
- Animals described in 1766
- Galliformes stubs
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