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Cracidae

Wikipedia Abstract

The chachalacas, guans and curassows are birds in the family Cracidae. These are species of tropical and subtropical Central and South America. One species, the plain chachalaca, just reaches southernmost Texas in the USA. Two species, the Trinidad piping guan and the rufous-vented chachalaca occur on the islands of Trinidad and Tobago respectively.
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Genus

Aburria (wattled guan) (5)   (2)
Boreortalis (1)
Chamaepetes (guans) (2)
Crax (curassows) (10)   (4)
Mitu (curassows) (4)   (1)
Nothocrax (nocturnal curassow) (1)
Oreophasis (horned guan) (1)   (1)
Ortalis (15)
Palaeonossax (1)
Pauxi (helmeted curassows) (3)   (3)
Penelope (guans) (17)   (2)
Penelopina (highland guan) (1)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0