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Yellow-knobbed Curassow Yellow-knobbed Curassow near the ranch at Hato Pinero.  These birds have the most amazing call - like a firework falling to the ground - called a descending whistle.  They are ground feeders - mostly fallen fruit. Crax daubentoni,Hato Pinero,Yellow-knobbed curassow Click/tap to enlarge

Yellow-knobbed Curassow

Yellow-knobbed Curassow near the ranch at Hato Pinero. These birds have the most amazing call - like a firework falling to the ground - called a descending whistle. They are ground feeders - mostly fallen fruit.

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  1. Lol, awesome bird! And, you have perfectly described its call:
    Posted 5 years ago

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The yellow-knobbed curassow is a large species of bird found in forest and woodland in Colombia and Venezuela. It feeds mainly on the ground, but flies up into trees if threatened. Its most striking features are its crest, made of feathers that curl forward, and the fleshy yellow knob at the base of its bill. Females lack this fleshy yellow knob, but otherwise resemble the male in the plumage, being overall black with a white crissum.

Similar species: Landfowl
Species identified by NattyOne
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Uploaded Dec 15, 2019. Captured Aug 8, 2015 20:40.
  • Canon EOS 7D
  • f/9.0
  • 1/197s
  • ISO3200
  • 200mm