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Yellow-knobbed Curassow
Crax daubentoni Gray, GR, 1867
Cracidae — Chachalacas, Curassows, Guans
Yellow-knobbed Curassow, Crax daubentoni, is a bird of northern Venezuela and adjacent north-eastern Colombia in South America. It belongs to the Cracidae family and was described by Gray, GR, 1867. Its breeding range covers ne Colombia and n Venezuela. The male is the only curassow with a yellow knob on the cere and wattle, which sets it apart from others in the group. It is a monotypic species, and earlier proposed subspecies were later shown to be hybrids or unusual individuals.
- Order
- Galliformes
- Family
- Cracidae — Chachalacas, Curassows, Guans
- Breeding range
- South America: ne Colombia and n Venezuela
