Blue-billed Curassow
Crax alberti
The Blue-billed Curassow (Crax alberti) is a rare guans, curassows, and chachalaca found only in Colombia, weighing about 2.8 kg. The blue-billed curassow is a species of bird in the family Cracidae, the chachalacas, guans, and curassows.
About the Blue-billed Curassow
The blue-billed curassow is a species of bird in the family Cracidae, the chachalacas, guans, and curassows. It is endemic to Colombia.
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How to identify it
The blue-billed curassow is 82.5 to 92.5 cm (2.7 to 3.0 ft) long and weighs 3.2 to 3.6 kg (7.1 to 7.9 lb). It is the only curassow with a blue cere and wattle, the latter found only on the male. Males are mostly black with a white vent and tail tip. Females are also mostly black but their lower belly and vent are rufous. They have fine white barring on the wings and tail, and a rare "barred" morph also has barring on the breast and belly. Both sexes have an erectile crest, the male's black and the female's black and white. Voice: Male blue-billed curassows "boom" from the ground, "a 4–5-syllable series of deep notes...repeated over and over, 'hmm...hmh...hmm...hmm...hmh'". Both sexes give an alarm call, a "soft, high-pitched whistle 'peh-weeeéoh' or 'pehoo'".
Where it lives
When to see it
Best months: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, October, November, December, with peak activity in January. It is a resident species across most of its range.
Easily confused with
Quick questions
- How do you identify a Blue-billed Curassow?
- The blue-billed curassow is 82.5 to 92.5 cm (2.7 to 3.0 ft) long and weighs 3.2 to 3.6 kg (7.1 to 7.9 lb). Full identification notes are on this page.
- How big is a Blue-billed Curassow?
- The Blue-billed Curassow is a huge sized bird weighing about 2.8 kg.
- Where can you see a Blue-billed Curassow?
- The Blue-billed Curassow is endemic to Colombia, which is the only country where it occurs.
- What birds look similar to a Blue-billed Curassow?
- The Blue-billed Curassow is most easily confused with the Yellow-knobbed Curassow, the Red-billed Curassow and the Wattled Curassow.
- Is the Blue-billed Curassow endangered?
- The Blue-billed Curassow is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List.
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