Curassow
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
(kyűr´s´´), common name for the largest members of an order of game birds called pigeon-toed fowls, which includes the white-crested guan and the rufous-bellied chachalaca, Ortalis wagleri.
Great Curassow
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The curassow is one of the largest birds in the South American forests.
Here at the Zoo
The Bird House & Garden is home to our helmeted curassows.
The male curassows' brilliantly colored knobs and wattles are used in sexual displays and pair bonding.
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The males make a low-pitched booming sound and emit a long whistle that sounds like a firecracker.
Red-billed Curassow (Crax blumenbachii)
The Red-billed Curassow is a Brazilian endemic confined to a few remnants of lowland Atlantic Rain Forest mainly in Espírito Santo.
The Red-billed Curassow Reintroduction Project at REGUA is a joint venture between REGUA and CRAX Brasil, the breeding centre for the re-introduced individuals. Since August 2006, about 48 individuals have been reintroduced at REGUA.
Northern Helmeted curassows prefer dense tropical forests of Central America and South America. Their nest is usually made of twigs and vegetation. They spend some time on the ground, but most of their time is spend in the trees.
Curassows (Cracidae - Please also see Chachalaca and Guans): Cracidae Curassows & Guans ... csew (species information)
Currawongs(Strepera sp.)
Curlews (Burhinidae) ...
Curassows and Guans (CRACIDAE)
New World Quail (ODONTOPHORIDAE)
Partridges, Grouse, Turkeys and Old World Quail (PHASIANIDAE)
Loons (GAVIIFORMES) ...
WATTLED CURASSOW
GRUIFORMES
cranes, rails, bustards, trumpeters, & sunbitterns
AFRICAN CROWNED CRANE ...
Blue-billed Curassow
Range: Colombia
Habitat: tropical forest
Stanley Crane
Range: locally in southern Africa (Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa)
Habitat: grasslands, veld, savanna ...
Yellow-knobbed curassow (Crax daubentoni)
Argali (Ovis ammon)
Blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra)
Mushroom coral (Fungia fungites)
Writhed hornbill (Aceros leucocephalus)
Stanley's bustard (Neotis denhami)
Staghorn coral (Acropora selago) ...
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He, not unnaturally, includes both curassows and turkeys in one category, calling both " Pavos " (peafowls); but he carefully distinguishes between them, pointing out among other things that the latter make a wheel (hacen la rueda) of their tail, ...
 See also: Pheasant, Stork, Eagle, Parakeet, Vulture
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