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| SCIENTIFIC
CLASSIFICATION |
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| COMMON
NAME: |
wattled
curassow, red-wattled curassow |
| KINGDOM: |
Animalia |
| PHYLUM: |
Chordata |
| CLASS: |
Aves |
| ORDER: |
Galliformes |
| FAMILY: |
Cracidae |
| GENUS
SPECIES: |
Crax
(screamer) globulosa (ball or globe) |
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| DESCRIPTION: |
Large, terrestrial bird; males have bulbous red-orange
knob and wattle on bill |
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| DIET: |
Small fish, insects, aquatic crustaceans and other
small animals |
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| INCUBATION: |
No
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| CLUTCH
SIZE |
2-6
eggs |
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| RANGE: |
Central South America in the Amazon Basin |
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| HABITAT: |
Tropical forest and tropical lowlands |
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| POPULATION: |
GLOBAL |
No
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| STATUS: |
IUCN |
No
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| CITES |
Appendix III |
| USFWS |
No
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| 1. |
They
sleep high in the forest canopy at night. |
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| 2. |
The male curassows' brilliantly colored knobs and
wattles are used in sexual displays and pair bonding. |
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| 3. |
The males make a low-pitched booming sound and emit
a long whistle that sounds like a firecracker. |
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The birds of the Cracid family are one of the most
threatened birds in South America. They are highly
susceptible to overhunting and little is known of
their natural history. Scientists agree that natural
predators are not a significant source of population
decline for this species, rather human interference.
Until about 1950 the native people harvested the
curassow for their meat and for the white vent feathers
of the males. |
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| Hilty,
S. and W. Brown. A Guide to the Birds of Colombia.
Princeton Univ. Press, NJ, 1986. |
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Perrins, C.M. and Alex Middleton. The Illustrated
Encyclopedia of Birds. New York: Prentice Hall
Press, 1990. |
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www.angelfire.com/ca6/cracid/cracids/crax_globulosa.html
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