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Blue-billed Curassow

Crax alberti

Critically Endangered

Envergadura

80,2 cm

Peso

2650,0 g

Família

Cracidae

Ordem

Galliformes

Sobre

Mutum-de-Albert (Crax alberti) — Mutum criticamente ameaçado endémico das florestas tropicais do noroeste da Colômbia. Macho negro com carúncula basal no bico; fêmea acastanhada barrada. Habita florestas densas de baixada. A intensa desflorestação e caça fez dele um dos cracídeos mais ameaçados do mundo, com menos de 2500 indivíduos.

Physical Description

Measurement	Value	Imperial
Envergadura	80,2 cm	31.6 in
Peso	2650,0 g	93.48 oz

Identificação

Plumagem

Male is glossy black with white belly and curly black crest; distinctive bright blue bill with no yellow knob. Female is barred black-and-chestnut with curly crest; blue bill separates it from other Crax curassows.

Habitat & Range

🌲 Forest

Distribuição geográfica

Endemic to northwestern Colombia in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and nearby ranges. Found in humid forest at 200-1,000 m. Critically endangered.

Diet & Feeding

Frugivorous; eats large fruits, seeds, and invertebrates on ground of Colombian lowland forests. Critically endangered.

Estado de conservação

Critically Endangered

IUCN Red List

Comportamento e reprodução

Tamanho da postura

Som

Canto

Produces a deep, resonant booming call; male gives guttural contact calls. Critically Endangered; voice rarely heard in the wild in remnant Colombian forest.

Taxonomia

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Aves
Ordem	Galliformes (Gamebirds)
Família	Cracidae (Chachalacas, Guans & Curassows)
Genus	Crax
Espécies	Crax alberti

Distribution

Blue-billed Curassow has been recorded in 2 countries.

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Presente Not recorded

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🇳🇴 Norway 🇨🇴 Colombia

External Databases

Perguntas frequentes

What does the Blue-billed Curassow eat?

Frugivorous; eats large fruits, seeds, and invertebrates on ground of Colombian lowland forests. Critically endangered.

Where does the Blue-billed Curassow live?

Endemic to northwestern Colombia in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and nearby ranges. Found in humid forest at 200-1,000 m. Critically endangered.

Is the Blue-billed Curassow endangered?

The Blue-billed Curassow has a conservation status of Critically Endangered.

What does the Blue-billed Curassow sound like?

Produces a deep, resonant booming call; male gives guttural contact calls. Critically Endangered; voice rarely heard in the wild in remnant Colombian forest.

How big is the Blue-billed Curassow?

The Blue-billed Curassow has a wingspan of 80.2 cm, weight of 2650.0 g.

What order and family does the Blue-billed Curassow belong to?

The Blue-billed Curassow (Crax alberti) belongs to the order Galliformes and the family Cracidae.