Curassow
Curassows are one of the three major groups of cracid birds. Three of the four genera are restricted to tropical South America; a single species of Crax ranges north to Mexico. They form a distinct clade which is usually classified as the subfamily Cracinae.
- Genus Nothocrax
- Nocturnal Curassow, Nothocrax urumutum
- Genus Mitu
- Crestless Curassow, Mitu tomentosum
- Alagoas Curassow, Mitu mitu - extinct in the wild (mid-late 1980s)
- Salvin's Curassow, Mitu salvini
- Razor-billed Curassow, Mitu tuberosum
- Genus Pauxi – Helmeted curassows
- Helmeted Curassow, or Northern Helmeted Curassow Pauxi pauxi
- Horned Curassow or Southern Helmeted Curassow, Pauxi unicornis
- Genus Crax
- Great Curassow, Crax rubra
- Blue-billed Curassow, Crax alberti
- Yellow-knobbed Curassow, Crax daubentoni
- Wattled Curassow, Crax globulosa
- Red-billed Curassow Crax blumenbachii
- Bare-faced Curassow, Crax fasciolata
- Black Curassow, Crax alector
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