wattled curassow (Crax globulosa)

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Subject:	wattled curassow (Crax globulosa)
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wattled curassow (Crax globulosa)

Description Crax globulosa
Date 1885
Source Transactions of the Zoological Society of London v. 10 https://archive.org/details/transactionsofzo10zool
Author Joseph Smit (1836–1929) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Smit
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Crax_globulosa_J._Smit.jpg

The wattled curassow (Crax globulosa) is a threatened member of the family Cracidae, the curassows, guans, and chachalacas. It is found in remote rainforests in the western Amazon basin in South America. Males have black plumage, except for a white crissum (the area around the cloaca), with curly feathers on the head and red bill ornaments and wattles. Females and juveniles are similar but lack the bill ornamentation and have a reddish-buff crissum area. The wattled curassow is the most ancient lineage of the southern Crax curassows. In captivity, it sometimes hybridises with the blue-billed curassow. Order: Galliformes, Family: Cracidae, Synonyms: Crax carunculata, Crax yarrellii.

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