#curassow

[herpsandbirds]

Great Curassow (Crax rubra), L - juvenile and R - female, family Cracidae, order Galliformes, Costa Rica

photographs by Esteban CR

[awkwardbirdsdreaming]

Bird #81 - great curassow (VU) [male] [reference image]

Curassows are large gamefowl (up to a meter in length!) in South America, often with funky hair and knobby bits on their beak. These rival roadrunners as some of my favourite creature designs in birds. Some day I'll have to do a female curassow, which are brown with black and white bars - I think they are prettier than the males, but solid black is just more fun to paint.

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[ridiculousbirdfaces]

Mutum-de-penacho by silene andrade

Bare-faced Curassow (Crax fasciolata)

[lizardsaredinosaurs]

And you thought dinosaurs were extinct. *cackles and fluffs feathers*

Great Curassow (Crax rubra)

Central America and northern South America

Status: Vulnerable

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I love that the female is more showy - so rare for birds.

[best-bird-tournament]

Curassow (Cracinae) subfamily

Which is the best bird?

Nocturnal curassow

Razor-billed curassow

Salvin's curassow

Helmeted curassow

Great curassow

Yellow-knobbed curassow

Horned curassow

Blue-billed curassow

Black curassow

Bare-faced curassow

Red-billed curassow

Wattled curassow

Voting ended onOct 6, 2025

This subfamily contains just 12 eligible species in 4 genera (Nothocrax, Mitu, Pauxi, and Crax).

[have-you-seen-this-animal]

Have you seen the blue-billed curassow (Crax alberti)?

I have now

Yes, in photos/videos

Yes, irl

I'm not sure

Voting ended onAug 30, 2024

[jadewolf-photography]

Greater Curassow

Female-Type Crax rubra Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica

[bugkeeping]

Great Curassow Crax rubra

he woke me up with the sound of his great booming calls and i ran out in my pajamas to get this photo