Black Curassow

Crax alector - Hocco alector

Systematics

Order
:
Galliformes
Family
:
Cracidés
Genus
:
Crax
Species
:
alector

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1766

Biometrics

Size
: 95 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 2400 à 3750 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Black Curassow (Crax alector) is a species of bird in the Cracidae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

Crax alector alector (e Venezuela, the Guianas, n Brazil)
Crax alector erythrognatha (e Colombia, s Venezuela)

Foreign names

Hocco alector,
Pavón guayanés,
mutum-venezuelano,
Glattschnabelhokko,
fekete hokkó,
Zwarte Hokko,
Hocco nero,
svarthocko,
Trollhokko,
hoko čierny,
hoko černý,
Kamhokko,
isohokko,
hoco becllarg,
czubacz kędzierzawy,
Чёрный кракс,
メスグロホウカンチョウ,
黑凤冠雉,
黑鳳冠雉,

Voice song and call

play
pause

Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Plantations, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status

Extinct

Threatened

Least
concern

Extinc
in the Wild

Near
threatened

Not
evaluated

EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Illustration

Access to all images

Sources of information

Vol. 2 - Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josep del Hoyo-Andrew Elliot--Jordi Sargatal
Birds of Colombia, Steven L. Hilty and William L. Brown
Birds of Venezuela, Steven L. Hilty
ARKive, Christopher Parsons
Avibase, Lepage Denis
Birds of Northern South America, an identification guide, Robin Restall, Clemencia Rodner, Miguel Lentino
BirdLife International, BirdLife International
Wikipédia, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
IOC World Bird List (v14.2), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.

Other sources of interest