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Photo by megan perkins
La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica, March 2010
Crax rubra

Identification

Male 87–92 cm, female 78–84 cm
Male: all black, yellow cere

Distribution

Central and South America:
Central America: found in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama
South America: Colombia, Ecuador and Brazil

Taxonomy

Female
Photo by firecrest15
La Selva Bio Research Station, eastern Costa Rica, May 2009

Subspecies

There are 2 subspecies[1]:

  • C. r. rubra:
  • C. r. griscomi:
  • Cozumel Island (off Yucatán coast of Mexico). Possibly extirpated

Habitat

Humid rainforests, lowland coastal jungle.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists of fruit and figs.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Avibase
  3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved July 2014)

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