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Bare-faced Curassow

Crax fasciolata

Vulnerable
Envergadura
71,0 cm
Peso
2580,0 g
Família
Cracidae
Ordem
Galliformes
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Sobre

Mutum-de-fita (Crax fasciolata) — Mutum de médio porte da América do Sul central, do Brasil ao Paraguai e Bolívia. Macho negro com cera amarela; fêmea barrada acastanhada. Habita florestas semidecíduas e cerradão. Caçado intensivamente. Menos ameaçado do que outros mutuns graças a ocorrer parcialmente no Pantanal e cerrado mais acessíveis.

Physical Description

Measurement Value Imperial
Envergadura 71,0 cm 28.0 in
Peso 2580,0 g 91.01 oz

Identificação

Plumagem

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

Distribuição 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 conservação

Vulnerable
IUCN Red List

Comportamento e reprodução

Nidificação

Nest type: PL. Incubation: 30 days.

Tamanho da postura

2-3

Som

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.

Taxonomia

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

Distribution

Bare-faced Curassow has been recorded in 1 countries.

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Perguntas frequentes

What does the Bare-faced Curassow eat?
Frugivorous; eats large fallen fruits, seeds, and invertebrates on ground in Brazilian Cerrado, pantanal, and Atlantic forest.
Where does the Bare-faced Curassow live?
Resident in central South America from Brazil south to Bolivia, Paraguay, and Argentina. Found in cerrado, dry forest, and gallery woodland.
Is the Bare-faced Curassow endangered?
The Bare-faced Curassow has a conservation status of Vulnerable.
How does the Bare-faced Curassow nest?
Nest type: PL. Incubation: 30 days.
What does the Bare-faced Curassow sound like?
Produces a deep, resonant booming call; male and female give guttural clucking contact calls. Calls carry through Brazilian Cerrado and gallery forest at dawn.
How big is the Bare-faced Curassow?
The Bare-faced Curassow has a wingspan of 71.0 cm, weight of 2580.0 g.
What order and family does the Bare-faced Curassow belong to?
The Bare-faced Curassow (Crax fasciolata) belongs to the order Galliformes and the family Cracidae.

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