Family Guans, Chachalacas, Curassows (Cracidae)
Vulnerable
Bare-faced Curassow (Crax fasciolata)
Taxonomy
French: Hocco à face nue German: Nacktgesichthokko Spanish: Pavón muitú
Taxonomy:
Crax fasciolata
Spix
, 1825,state of Pará, Brazil
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Subspecies and Distribution
C. f. fasciolata
Spix, 1825 – C & SW Brazil (S of R Amazon), Paraguay and N Argentina (in Formosa, Chaco, Corrientes and Misiones).
C. f. grayi
Ogilvie-Grant, 1893 – E Bolivia (Beni and Santa Cruz).
Descriptive notes
Male 77–85 cm, 2700–2800 g; female c. 75 cm, 2200–2700 g. This species and O. pinima are the only members of Crax with (black) bare skin... read more
Voice
Song sometimes heard throughout the night, and then for first hour after sunrise, more... read more
Habitat
Humid evergreen, semi-deciduous and gallery forests, sometimes with bamboo, to at least 800 m.... read more
Food and feeding
Fruits, usually fallen from trees and taken on the ground; also seeds, flowers and invertebrates; recorded feeding on flowers of a ... read more
Breeding
Chicks in Dec in Paraguay; nest with eggs in late Nov in Argentina; in Brazil, adults with young in Jul/Aug (Minas Gerais), Nov (S Mato... read more
Movements
Non-migratory in Pantanal of Mato Grosso, and probably throughout range.
Status and conservation
VULNERABLE. Extirpated from parts of former range due to habitat destruction and hunting. Race grayi said to occur in fairly good numbers in Bolivia in 1986.... read more
C. sclateri is a synonym. Has hybridized in captivity with C. alberti and members of genus Penelope. Described form C. estudilloi now known not to be a hybrid involving present species (see C. alberti). Taxon pinima formerly regarded as a race of present species, but here separated as a full species on basis of AMNH 6482, a female, being much smaller than female fasciolata (wing 295 vs mean 349 mm, tail 302 vs mean 347 mm; n=6 fasciolata) (expected score: 3), much darker above with greatly reduced barring (almost absent on undertail) (2) and much paler below, virtually whitish vs rusty-buff on belly (2). Race grayi also distinctive, especially in strength of buff barring on female’s upperparts, but individual variation of this taxon appears considerable. Proposed race xavieri, described from a male of captive origin having ochre flanks and upper thighs#R, now thought to be possibly based on individual with a plumage aberration. Two subspecies recognized.