Crax daubentoni
Yellow-knobbed Curassow
- Order: Galliformes
- Family: Cracidae
Like other Crax,
the male Yellow-knobbed Curassow’s plumage is predominantly black, with
a white ventral region and a broad tip to the tail, while the female
differs solely in lacking the yellow cere of the male, and in having a
barred breast and upper belly. The crest feathers curl forward over the
bill. The species frequents lowland deciduous and evergreen forest,
especially in gallery woodland, and has been recorded at elevations up
to 1500 m, although it is usually found at much lower altitudes. The
Yellow-knobbed Curassow is found only in northern Venezuela and in
northeast Colombia, where its populations are in serious decline through
hunting and agricultural development and expansion. Losses in
Venezuela, which formerly supported the vast majority of the species’
overall population, have been especially severe.
Neat bird. Loved its call.
ReplyDeleteSince it is from the Caribbean that reminded me of the Jamaican Hummingbird. Male has a long streamer tail.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trochilus
http://www.my-island-jamaica.com/jamaica_hummingbird.html
I was lucky enough to see one at Shaw Park above Ocho Rios.
It is the national bird and was the logo on the vertical fin of the national airline.
As long as I am off topic, JAL had a bird as its logo on the vertical fin of their aircraft. The Red-crowned Crane (Grus japonensis), also called the Japanese Crane. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-crowned_Crane
Terry
Fla.
Thanks for the links, Terry! Those birds are just beautiful. We just have regular hummingbirds at our feeder and brown cranes at the local ponds. Love the noise of the wings when they fly low. Thanks for stopping by!
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