Helmeted curassow / Nördllicher Helmhokko (Pauxi pauxi)

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Observations

🔍 No documented observation

Description

Classification: Genus Pauxi (Pauxi); Family Cracidae (Cracidae)
General: The helmeted curassow (Pauxi pauxi) or northern helmeted curassow, is a large terrestrial bird in the family Cracidae found in the subtropical cloud-forest in steep, mountainous regions of western Venezuela and northern Colombia. There are two subspecies found in different mountain ranges. It is a mostly black bird with a white tip to its tail, a red bill and a distinctive grey casque on its forehead. The population of this bird is in decline and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated its conservation status as "endangered". [more]