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Photo by stephennj
Photographed: La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica, January 2008

Crax rubra

Distribution

Central America:
Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama

South America:
Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil

Taxonomy

Photo by luis jelenszky
Female
Eastern Panama, May 2006

Subspecies^[1]

• C. r. rubra:

• Eastern Mexico to western Ecuador

• C. r. griscomi:

• Cozumel Island (off Yucatán coast of Mexico). Possibly extirpated

Habitat

Humid rainforests. Lowland coastal jungle

References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Avibase

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Great Curassow. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 6 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Great_Curassow

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