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Crax blumenbachii (Red-knobbed Curassow; Red-billed Curassow)

Wikipedia Abstract

The red-billed curassow or red-knobbed curassow (Crax blumenbachii) is an endangered species of Cracid that is endemic to lowland Atlantic Forest in the states of Espírito Santo, Bahia and Minas Gerais in southeastern Brazil. Its population is decreasing due to hunting and deforestation, and it has possibly been extirpated from Minas Gerais. It is currently being reintroduced to Rio de Janeiro by means of individuals bred in captivity. As suggested by its common name, the male has a largely red bill, but this is lacking in the female.
View Wikipedia Record: Crax blumenbachii

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Crax blumenbachii

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
1
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
46
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 4.17596
EDGE Score: 3.72347
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  7.716 lbs (3.50 kg)
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore, Granivore, Herbivore
Diet - Fruit [2]  70 %
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  10 %
Diet - Plants [2]  10 %
Diet - Seeds [2]  10 %
Forages - Mid-High [2]  20 %
Forages - Understory [2]  20 %
Forages - Ground [2]  60 %
Female Maturity [1]  2 years
Clutch Size [4]  2
Incubation [3]  28 days
Snout to Vent Length [1]  33 inches (84 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Bahia coastal forests Brazil Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Bahia interior forests Brazil Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Discovery Coast Atlantic Forest Reserves World Heritage Site 276585 Brazil  
Linhares State Forest Reserve   Brazil      
Monte Pascoal National Park II 63012 Bahia, Brazil  
Rio Doce State Park 14703 Minas Gerais, Brazil  

Important Bird Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Atlantic Forest Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay Yes

Prey / Diet

Lecythis pisonis (Cream nut)[3]
Virola bicuhyba[3]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Lipaugus lanioides (Cinnamon-vented Piha)1
Procnias nudicollis (Bare-throated Bellbird)1
Pyroderus scutatus (Red-ruffed Fruitcrow)1

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 3Red-billed Curassow, BirdLife International (1992) Threatened Birds of the Americas. Cambridge, UK: BirdLife International.
♦ 4Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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