Helmeted Curassow
Pauxi pauxi
- Vulnerable
- Card rarity: Rare
- Birds
The helmeted curassow or northern helmeted curassow, is a large terrestrial bird in the family Cracidae found in the subtropical cloud-forest in steep, mountainous regions of western Venezuela and northern Colombia. There are two subspecies found in different mountain ranges. It is a mostly black bird with a white tip to its tail, a red bill and a distinctive grey casque on its forehead. The population of this bird is in decline and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated its conservation status as "endangered".
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Galliformes
- Family
- Cracidae
- Genus
- Pauxi