Bare-faced Curassow
Crax fasciolata
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Acerca de
Mutún del Brasil (Crax fasciolata) — Gran pavón de los bosques tropicales del interior de Sudamérica. El macho es negro con vientre blanco; la hembra tiene el plumaje barrado. Frugívoro. Amenazado por la caza y la pérdida de hábitat.
Physical Description
| Measurement | Value | Imperial |
|---|---|---|
| Envergadura | 71,0 cm | 28.0 in |
| Peso | 2580,0 g | 91.01 oz |
Identificación
Plumaje
Male is glossy black with white belly; curly crest; large area of bare yellow facial skin; yellow bill with no knob. Female is black barred with chestnut; extensive bare facial skin is shared with male.
Habitat & Range
Distribución geográfica
Resident in central South America from Brazil south to Bolivia, Paraguay, and Argentina. Found in cerrado, dry forest, and gallery woodland.
Diet & Feeding
Frugivorous; eats large fallen fruits, seeds, and invertebrates on ground in Brazilian Cerrado, pantanal, and Atlantic forest.
Estado de conservación
Comportamiento y reproducción
Nidificación
Nest type: PL. Incubation: 30 days.
Tamaño de la puesta
2-3
Sonido
Canto
Produces a deep, resonant booming call; male and female give guttural clucking contact calls. Calls carry through Brazilian Cerrado 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 fasciolata |
Distribution
Bare-faced Curassow has been recorded in 1 countries.
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Other species in the Cracidae family