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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".
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When to see the Yellow-knobbed Curassow
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Yellow-knobbed Curassow
The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
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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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).
Wattled CurassowCrax globulosaThe wattled curassow is about 82–89 cm (32–35 in) long, and weighs around 2,500 g (88 oz).
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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