Bare-faced Curassow

Crax fasciolata

The Bare-faced Curassow is a about the size of a heavy pheasant, to which curassows are related. They spend more time in trees than pheasants do. They come from Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia and northen Argentina. The male (above) has black plumage with a curly crest, a bright yellow patch on the base of the beak and a white underbelly. The female (below) has thin white bars on her black plumage and a white crown mottled with black curls to give her greater camouflage. She also doesn't have the bright yellow on her black beak.
There are three regional sub-species.

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Helmeted Curassow

Great Curassow

Nocturnal Curassow