Red-knobbed Curassow

Red-knobbed Curassow
male
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Galliformes
Family:	Cracidae
Genus:	Crax
Species:	C. blumenbachii
Binomial name
Crax blumenbachii Spix, 1825

The Red-knobbed Curassow or Red-billed Curassow, Crax blumenbachii, is an endangered species of Cracid that is endemic to lowland Atlantic Forest in the states of Espírito Santo, Bahia and Minas Gerais in southeastern Brazil. Its population is decreasing^[1] due to hunting and deforestation, and it has possibly been extirpated from Minas Gerais. It is currently being reintroduced to Rio de Janeiro by means of individuals bred in captivity.^[2] As suggested by its common name, the male has a largely red bill, but this is lacking in the female.

References

1. ^ [1]- Plano de Ação para a Conservação do Mutum-do-sudeste Crax blumenbachii. (Management Plan for the Conservation of the Southeastern Curassow Crax blumenbachii) IBAMA. Accessed 2008-10-02
2. ^ National Geographic Brasil, ISSN 1517-7211, February 2007, pg.22

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