Chachalacas, Guans and Curassows (Cracidae)
Red-billed Curassow (Crax blumenbachii) - HBW 2, p. 362
French: Ortalide à tête grise
German: Rotschnabelhokko
Spanish: Pavón Piquirrojo
Other common names: Blumenbach's/Red wattled Curassow
Taxonomy: Crax blumenbachii Spix, 1825, state of Rio de Janeiro.
All members of genus form superspecies. In past, the sexes were thought to constitute two different species; male was described as "C. rubrirostris". A close relationship has been claimed between present species and C. globulosa, especially because of very similar plumage of males; but voice very different and precludes the possibility of their being conspecific. Monotypic.
Distribution: SE Brazil. Formerly fairly widespread from S Bahia S to NE Rio de Janeiro; currently restricted to a few scattered forest patches. One record from Bolivia repeatedly claimed to refer to present species, but erroneously.
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A pair walking on a path Locality Linhares, Espirito Santo State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Garry George 3 September 2001 4 years ago 23 sec 4.4 -
A male walking on the ground and scratching its head Locality Sooretama Biological Reserve, Espirito Santo State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 22 January 2005 4 years ago 38 sec 4.3 -
A female on a branch and flying away Locality Linhares Biological Reserve, Espirito Santo State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 23 January 2005 4 years ago 33 sec 4 -
A male walking on a path Locality Linhares Biological Reserve, Espirito Santo State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 23 January 2005 4 years ago 22 sec 3.9 -
A female standing on the ground Locality Parque das Aves, Iguaçu National Park, Paraná State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 10 May 2005 5 years ago 25 sec 3.6
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Female
Locality Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, Brazil
Rob Belterman 14 March 2009 1 year ago 4.7 -
Portret of a female
Locality Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, Brazil
Rob Belterman 17 March 2009 1 year ago 4.5 -
Male
Locality Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, Brazil
Rob Belterman 13 March 2009 1 year ago 4.5 -
A male sat on the floor
Locality Antwerp Zoo, Antwerp Province, Belgium (Monotypic species)
Jonathan Beilby 1 March 2008 2 years ago 3
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alarm calls by a male Locality Linhares Biological Reserve, Espirito Santo State, Brazil
(Monotypic species)
Jeremy Minns 26 January 2001 2 years ago 0
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