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Black Curassow A beautiful creature, free range at the café & very happy I assume Black curassow,Crax alector,San José del Guaviare Click/tap to enlarge

Black Curassow

A beautiful creature, free range at the café & very happy I assume

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  1. It has a curly pompadour, haha! So cool. Posted 5 years ago
    1. Yes a trait of the family Christine,
      Yellow-knobbed Curassows Ground feeding Curassow found in Venezuela & Colombia - They have a call, called the descending whistle, once heard, never forgotten. Crax daubentoni,Hato Pinero,Yellow-knobbed curassow
      Posted 5 years ago
      1. Haha!! So cute! Posted 5 years ago
        1. This one even has a nose bump accessory:
          Great Curassow at Antwerp zoo Impressive bump included :) Antwerpen,Crax rubra,Great Curassow
          Posted 5 years ago
          1. I think he's a male! Posted 5 years ago
            1. I think you're right! Look how different the female is!
              Great Curassow Female In the trails to Arenal Volcan, hidden in the tree tops. This is the female. She was with a male. The mle is all black. April, 2014. Costa Rica,Crax rubra,Geotagged,Great Curassow,Spring
              Posted 5 years ago

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The black curassow , also known as the smooth-billed curassow and the crested curassow, is a species of bird in the family Cracidae, the chachalacas, guans, and curassows. It is found in humid forests in northern South America in Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas and far northern Brazil, and is introduced to Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and Lesser Antilles. It is the only ''Crax'' curassow where the male and female cannot be separated by plumage, as both are essentially.. more

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Uploaded Jan 29, 2020. Captured Jul 29, 2019 20:03.
  • Canon EOS 7D Mark II
  • f/5.0
  • 1/128s
  • ISO1600
  • 150mm