Alternative name: Blue-knobbed Curassow
- Crax alberti
Identification
83-93 cm
Male
- Black
- White vent and tip to tail
- Horn-coloured bill
- Fleshy blue cere and hanging wattle
- Curled, black crest feathers
- Pinkish legs.
Female
- Black
- Black and white crest feathers
- Fine white barring on wings and tail
- Rufous lower belly and undertail
- Bluish base to bill
Distribution
South America: found in the humid forests of northern Colombia.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1], formerly considered conspecific with Yellow-knobbed Curassow.
Habitat
Moist lowland forests, up to 1,200 m.
Behaviour
Diet
Mainly ground-feeders, their diets consists of fruit, shoots, invertebrates and possibly carrion.
References
- Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- ARKive
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Blue-billed Curassow. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 25 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Blue-billed_Curassow
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
