Yellow-knobbed Curassow
Crax daubentoni
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<birdfyi-bird slug="crax-daubentoni"></birdfyi-bird>Sobre
Mutum-de-Daubenton (Crax daubentoni) — Mutum das florestas tropicais da Colômbia e Venezuela. Macho negro com cera vermelha e penas encaracoladas na cabeça; fêmea barrada. Habita florestas de baixada úmidas e semidecíduas. Caçado para alimentação, tornando-se localmente raro. Beneficia de reservas naturais no norte da Venezuela.
Physical Description
| Measurement | Value | Imperial |
|---|---|---|
| Envergadura | 76,2 cm | 30.0 in |
| Peso | 2383,3333333333335 g | 84.07 oz |
Identificação
Plumagem
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
Distribuição 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 conservação
Comportamento e reprodução
Nidificação
Nest type: SP. Incubation: 28 days.
Tamanho da postura
2
Som
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.
Taxonomia
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Aves |
| Ordem | Galliformes (Gamebirds) |
| Família | Cracidae (Chachalacas, Guans & Curassows) |
| Genus | Crax |
| Espécies | Crax daubentoni |
Distribution
Yellow-knobbed Curassow has been recorded in 3 countries.
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