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The wattled curassow is about 82–89 cm (32–35 in) long, and weighs around 2,500 g (88 oz). It is a large curassow lacking the white tail-tips found in many of these birds; the feathers along the crest of its head are curled forwards. Males have black plumage all over except for the white crissum. The irides are dark brown; legs, feet and bill are blackish. It has conspicuous crimson bill ornaments—a round red knob with bony core adorns the maxilla base, while the cere extends apically at least halfway under this knob and below the mandible base forms a small fleshy wattle.
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When to see the Wattled Curassow
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Where to see the Wattled Curassow
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About the Wattled Curassow
The wattled curassow is a threatened member of the family Cracidae, the curassows, guans, and chachalacas. It is found in remote rainforests in the western Amazon basin in South America. Males have black plumage, except for a white crissum, with curly feathers on the head and red bill ornaments and wattles. Females and juveniles are similar but lack the bill ornamentation and have a reddish-buff crissum area. The wattled curassow is sister to other southern Crax curassows. In captivity, it sometimes hybridises with the blue-billed curassow.
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Easily confused with
Red-billed CurassowCrax blumenbachiiThe red-billed curassow is a large bird reaching a length of 82 to 92 centimetres (32 to 36 in).
Yellow-knobbed CurassowCrax daubentoniThe yellow-knobbed curassow is 84 to 92.5 cm (2.8 to 3.0 ft) long.
Blue-billed CurassowCrax albertiThe 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).
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