Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Galliformes > Cracidae > Crax > Crax daubentoniCrax daubentoni (Yellow-knobbed Curassow)The yellow-knobbed curassow (Crax daubentoni) is a large species of bird found in forest and woodland in Colombia and Venezuela. It feeds mainly on the ground, but flies up into trees if threatened. Its most striking features are its crest, made of feathers that curl forward, and the fleshy yellow knob at the base of its bill. Females lack this fleshy yellow knob, but otherwise resemble the male in the plumage, being overall black with a white crissum. The adult is 84-92.5 cm (33–37 in) and weighs about 2–3 kg (4.4-6.6 lbs). It eats fruits, leaves, seeds, and small animals. Unlike most other gamebirds, curassows nest off the ground, with both sexes helping in the construction. The female lays just 2 eggs - a tiny clutch compared to those of many ground-nesting gamebirds. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 4.66613 EDGE Score: 2.42765 |
Adult Weight [1] | 5.525 lbs (2.506 kg) | Female Weight [1] | 5.126 lbs (2.325 kg) | Male Weight [3] | 6.746 lbs (3.06 kg) | Weight Dimorphism [1] | 15.6 % | | Forages - Canopy [2] | 20 % | Forages - Mid-High [2] | 20 % | Forages - Understory [2] | 30 % | Forages - Ground [2] | 30 % | | Clutch Size [4] | 2 | Incubation [3] | 28 days | Snout to Vent Length [1] | 35 inches (88 cm) |
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Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
Palmichal |
Venezuela |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Parque Nacional Aguaro-Guariquito |
Venezuela |
A1, A3 |
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Parque Nacional Ciénagas de Juan Manuel |
Venezuela |
A1, A3 |
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Parque Nacional El Ávila |
Venezuela |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Parque Nacional Guatopo |
Venezuela |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Parque Nacional Henri Pittier |
Venezuela |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Parque Nacional Laguna de Tacarigua |
Venezuela |
A1 |
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Parque Nacional Península de Paria |
Venezuela |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Parque Nacional Perijá |
Venezuela |
A1, A2, A3, A4ii |
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Parque Nacional Santos Luzardo |
Venezuela |
A1, A3, A4iii |
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Refugio de Fauna Silvestre Cuare |
Venezuela |
A1, A2, A3, A4i |
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Reserva de Fauna Silvestre Ciénagas de Juan Manuel, Aguas Blancas y Aguas Negras |
Venezuela |
A1, A3 |
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Reserva de Fauna Silvestre Esteros de Camaguán |
Venezuela |
A1, A3 |
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Reserva Privada Hato El Cedral |
Venezuela |
A1, A3 |
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Reserva Privada Hato El Frío |
Venezuela |
A1, A3 |
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Reserva Privada Hato Masaguaral |
Venezuela |
A1, A3 |
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Reserva Privada Hato Piñero |
Venezuela |
A1, A3 |
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Zona Protectora Macizo Montañoso del Turimiquire |
Venezuela |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Zona Protectora San Rafael de Guasare |
Venezuela |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
Tropical Andes |
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela |
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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 ♦ 3del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ♦ 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 ♦ 5DIET OF THE YELLOW-KNOBBED CURASSOW IN THE CENTRAL
VENEZUELAN LLANOS, CAROLINA BERTSCH AND GUILLERMO R. BARRETO, The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 120(4):767777, 2008 Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
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
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