Order: Galliformes | Family: Cracidae | IUCN Status: Endangered
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Cerros del Sira, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Cerros del Sira, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Cerros del Sira, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Cerros del Sira, Peru
Status: The Sira Curassow is Known to occur only in a few isolated mountain ridges at elevations ranging from 900 to 1200 m. The only known locations for this species are Cerros del Sira and similar mountain chain in Puno.
Name in Spanish: Paujil del Sira.
Sub-species: Sira Curassow (Pauxi koepckeae) Weske & Terborgh, 1971.
Meaning of Name: Pauxi: Spanish, pauji= word used by early Spanish for a variety of large game birds. koepckeae: After German Ornithologist and student of the birds of Peru Maria Koepcke.

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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 11/09/2014.