Black Curassow

Crax alector Linnaeus, 1766

Black Curassow Crax alector is a bird of the humid forests of northern South America, with its breeding range in Amazonia. It belongs to the Cracidae family and was described by Linnaeus in 1766. It is the only Crax curassow in which male and female cannot be told apart by plumage. Both sexes are essentially black and show a white crissum, with a yellow cere in the eastern part of its range and an orange-red cere in the western part.

Order

Galliformes

Family

Cracidae — Chachalacas, Curassows, Guans

Breeding range

South America: n Amazonia