Birds of the World

    GALLIFORMES: Cracidae (Chachalacas, Curassows, Guans)  
Genus: Pauxi (3 species)

Pauxi is one of threeo genus of Curassow, the largest 'gamebird' in tropical America (80 cm.).


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Sira Curassow (Pauxi koepckeae) Critically Endangered
Range: SA: Cerros del Sira (c Peru)
   


A large black curassow similar to the Helmeted Curassow further north, and Horned Curassow in Bolivia. The difference is the shape and angle of the horn.

Helmeted Curassow
Helmeted Curassow (Pauxi pauxi) Vulnerable
Range: SA: Venezuela and Colombia
Zoo, Barquisimeto, Venezuela  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Horned Curassow
Horned Curassow (Pauxi unicornis) Critically Endangered
Range: SA: c Bolivia
Lotherton Hall Bird Garden,  
   
Photograph by Peter Stubbs     Copyright and usage info



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