Yellow-knobbed Curassow
Crax daubentoni
The Yellow-knobbed Curassow (Crax daubentoni) is a rare guans, curassows, and chachalaca found in 2 countries, weighing about 2.5 kg. The yellow-knobbed curassow is a species of bird in the family Cracidae, the chachalacas, guans, and curassows.
About the Yellow-knobbed Curassow
The yellow-knobbed curassow is a species of bird in the family Cracidae, the chachalacas, guans, and curassows. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela.
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How to identify it
The yellow-knobbed curassow is 84 to 92.5 cm (2.8 to 3.0 ft) long. Males usually weigh between 2,925 and 3,200 g (6.4 and 7.1 lb) but one weighed only 1,625 g (3.6 lb). A female weighed 2,325 g (5.1 lb). The male is the only curassow with a knobbed yellow cere and wattle. Males and females are mostly black with a white lower belly, vent area, and tips of the tail feathers. Females have a black cere and pale barring on the breast and lower belly. Voice: Male yellow-knobbed curassows sing a "bomb-dropping" descending whistle, sometimes combined with a wing-clapping display or booming. The former is "4–10 rapid cracks of wings above the bird’s back, 'wapp!, wapp!, wapp!-wapp!-wapp!'". The booming is described as "uuumh...uhh".
Where it lives
When to see it
Best months: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, October, November, December, with peak activity in February. It is a variable species across most of its range.
Easily confused with
Quick questions
- How do you identify a Yellow-knobbed Curassow?
- The yellow-knobbed curassow is 84 to 92.5 cm (2.8 to 3.0 ft) long. Full identification notes are on this page.
- How big is a Yellow-knobbed Curassow?
- The Yellow-knobbed Curassow is a huge sized bird weighing about 2.5 kg.
- Where can you see a Yellow-knobbed Curassow?
- The Yellow-knobbed Curassow occurs in 2 countries, including Venezuela and Colombia.
- What birds look similar to a Yellow-knobbed Curassow?
- The Yellow-knobbed Curassow is most easily confused with the Red-billed Curassow, the Wattled Curassow and the Blue-billed Curassow.
- Is the Yellow-knobbed Curassow endangered?
- The Yellow-knobbed Curassow is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List.
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