Yellow-knobbed Curassow
Crax daubentoni
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Acerca de
Pavón de Venezuela (Crax daubentoni) — Pavón de los bosques de tierras bajas de Venezuela y el noroeste de Colombia. El macho es negro con el vientre blanco y casquete rizado. Frugívoro. Amenazado por la caza y la deforestación.
Physical Description
| Measurement | Value | Imperial |
|---|---|---|
| Envergadura | 76,2 cm | 30.0 in |
| Peso | 2383,3333333333335 g | 84.07 oz |
Identificación
Plumaje
Male is black with white lower belly; curly black crest; prominent yellow knob at bill base; yellow bare facial skin. Female barred rufous and black with finely curled crest; yellow knob on bill is key feature.
Habitat & Range
Distribución geográfica
Resident in Venezuela and adjacent Colombia. Found in lowland dry and gallery forest in the Llanos and Caribbean coast region.
Diet & Feeding
Eats large fruits, seeds, and invertebrates on forest floor of Venezuelan and Colombian lowlands. Forages mainly on ground.
Estado de conservación
Comportamiento y reproducción
Nidificación
Nest type: SP. Incubation: 28 days.
Tamaño de la puesta
2
Sonido
Canto
Emits a deep, resonant booming call; male produces guttural contact clucking. The boom carries through Venezuelan and Colombian dry and gallery forest at dawn.
Taxonomía
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Aves |
| Orden | Galliformes (Aves de Caza) |
| Familia | Cracidae (Chachalacas, Pavas y Hoco) |
| Genus | Crax |
| Especies | Crax daubentoni |
Distribution
Yellow-knobbed Curassow has been recorded in 3 countries.
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Similar Birds
Other species in the Cracidae family