Chachalacas, Guans and Curassows (Cracidae)
Black Curassow (Crax alector) - HBW 2, p. 361
French: Hocco alector
German: Glattschnabelhokko
Spanish: Pavón Guayanés
Other common names: Crested/Smooth-billed Curassow
Taxonomy: Crax Alector Linnaeus, 1766, America calidiore.
All members of genus form superspecies. C. nigra is a synonym. Has hybridized in captivity with C. rubra. Race erythrognatha, described on basis of cere colour, not unanimously accepted; birds from extreme E Venezuela are intermediates, showing rich yellow bill with some orange shading; also, in Macarena Mts, Colombia, well into range of erythrognatha, birds have orange yellow, instead of red, bill. Two subspecies usually recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- erythrognatha P. L. Sclater & Salvin, 1877 - E Colombia and Venezuela S of R Orinoco, except extreme E.
- alector Linnaeus, 1766 - extreme E Venezuela, the Guianas and N Brazil N of R Amazon.
- Vulnerable Enlarge map
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An adult male Locality Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil
Carlos Gussoni 5 April 2010 2 years ago 35 sec 3.8 -
A male perched and looking to both sides. Locality Sierra de Lema, Canaima National Park, Bolívar State, Venezuela (ssp erythrognata)
DAVID ASCANIO 1 March 2008 4 years ago 15 sec 3.8 -
A pair walking Locality Junglaven, Ventuari River, Amazonas State, Venezuela (ssp erythrognata)
Josep del Hoyo 27 February 2002 10 years ago 41 sec 3.7 -
A male perched among vegetation and going away. Locality Cuieiras Biological Reserve, Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil (ssp alector)
Josep del Hoyo 30 July 2011 1 year ago 23 sec 3 -
A bird resting and a close-up of its head. Locality Sorocaba Zoo, Sorocaba, São Paulo State, Brazil (ssp alector)
Josep del Hoyo 12 May 2011 1 year ago 29 sec 3 -
A bird walking and a close-up of the head, while erecting the crest. Locality Sorocaba Zoo, Sorocaba, São Paulo State, Brazil (ssp erythrognatha)
Josep del Hoyo 12 May 2011 1 year ago 19 sec 2.8
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A single adult in a grassy rainforest clearing.
Locality ATTA Rainforest Lodge, Iwokrama Forest Reserve, Guyana (ssp alector)
Allan Hopkins 11 November 2012 15 weeks ago 4 -
An adult bird on the border of the forest.
Locality Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil
Anselmo d Affonseca 1 year ago 4 -
One adult male
Locality Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil
Carlos Gussoni 5 April 2010 2 years ago 3.8 -
Two together, pair
Locality Iwokrama Forest Reserve, Guyana (ssp alector)
Niels Poul Dreyer 15 January 2012 1 year ago 3.5 -
Close up of the head and anterior of an adult.
Locality ATTA Rainforest Lodge, Iwokrama Forest Reserve, Guyana (ssp alector)
Allan Hopkins 11 November 2012 15 weeks ago 3.5 -
Front view of an adult perched on a tree-trunk.
Locality Sierra de Lema, Canaima National Park, Bolívar State, Venezuela (ssp alector)
philgunson 24 October 2008 4 years ago 3.5
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Screeming Piha foreground Locality Iwokrama Forest Reserve, Guyana
(ssp alector)
Niels Poul Dreyer 21 January 2012 1 year ago 1
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