Order: Galliformes | Family: Cracidae | IUCN Status: Endangered
Age: Adult | Sex: Male| Loc. No Data
Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Loreto, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Loreto, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Female | Loc. Captive Bird
Status: The Wattled Curassow was apparently widely distributed along floodplain forest in Amazonia. Overhunting seems to be the leading cause of the species precipitous population decline in Amazonia. The species is rare and seems to occur only in a few locations where are frequently seen along riverine habitats and river islands.
Name in Spanish: Paujil Carunculado.
Sub-species: Wattled Curassow (Crax globulosa) Spix, 1825.
Meaning of Name: Crax: not explained. globulosa: L. Short for globus=ball, globular, blood cells. In reference to the globular shape of cere.
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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.