Chachalacas, Guans and Curassows (Cracidae)
Great Curassow (Crax rubra) - HBW 2, p. 359
French: Grand Hocco
German: Tuberkelhokko
Spanish: Pavón Norteño
Other common names: Great Crested/Mexican/Globose Curassow; Cozumel Curassow (griscomi)
Taxonomy: Crax rubra Linnaeus, 1758, no locality.
All members of genus form superspecies. C. globicera is synonym. Bogus forms "C. chapmani" and "C. hecki" described from females of rare barred morph. Birds occurring S from S Nicaragua described as separate species, "C. panamensis", but not now accepted even as race. Taxonomic revision of populations required, especially in S of range, as undescribed races may be found. Species has hybridized with C. alberti and C. alector, producing fertile offspring. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- rubra Linnaeus, 1758 - E Mexico S through Central America to W Colombia and W Ecuador.
- griscomi Nelson, 1926 - Cozumel I, on coast of Yucatán, SE Mexico.
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Great Curassow male, feeding on fallen guavas on campus of La Selva OTS Station, Costa Rica Locality La Selva Biological Station, Puerto Viejo, Sarapiquí, Heredia Province, Costa Rica
Ron Flemal 4 February 2010 1 year ago 51 sec 4 -
male crossing a path and into the forest Locality La Selva Biological Station, Puerto Viejo, Sarapiquí, Heredia Province, Costa Rica
Eldert Groenewoud 1 March 2006 2 years ago 28 sec 4 -
Adult male foraging and raising crest Locality La Milpa Field Station, Orange Walk District, Belize
Wayne Hall 10 February 2009 2 years ago 1 min 3 sec 4 -
A close-up of a female resting on a trunk near water. Locality ZooMAT, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp rubra)
Josep del Hoyo 27 March 2009 1 year ago 34 sec 3.7 -
A female walking through the undergrowth. Locality ZooMAT, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp rubra)
Josep del Hoyo 27 March 2009 1 year ago 34 sec 3.3 -
a female with a chick searching for fruit on the forest floor Locality La Selva Biological Station, Puerto Viejo, Sarapiquí, Heredia Province, Costa Rica
DAVID ASCANIO 18 July 2010 1 year ago 1 min 2 sec 3.3
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female
Locality La Selva Biological Station, Puerto Viejo, Sarapiquí, Heredia Province, Costa Rica
Chris and Megan Perkins 21 March 2010 1 year ago 4.3 -
male
Locality La Selva Biological Station, Puerto Viejo, Sarapiquí, Heredia Province, Costa Rica
Chris and Megan Perkins 21 March 2010 1 year ago 4 -
head of a female
Locality La Selva Biological Station, Puerto Viejo, Sarapiquí, Heredia Province, Costa Rica
Chris and Megan Perkins 21 March 2010 1 year ago 4 -
Young bird which came to the kitchen at Celeste Mountain Lodge every day for a banana for breakfast!
Locality Celeste Mountain Lodge, Bijagua, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
Miriam Bauman 9 February 2011 46 weeks ago 3.9 -
Closeup of male
Locality La Selva Biological Station, Puerto Viejo, Sarapiquí, Heredia Province, Costa Rica
Chris and Megan Perkins 21 March 2010 1 year ago 3.7 -
head of a male
Locality La Selva Biological Station, Puerto Viejo, Sarapiquí, Heredia Province, Costa Rica
Chris and Megan Perkins 21 March 2010 1 year ago 3.7
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