Great Curassow

Crax rubra - Grand Hocco

Grand Hocco
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Galliformes

  • Family
    :

    Cracidés

  • Genus
    :

    Crax

  • Species
    :

    rubra

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1758

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 78 à 92 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 4300 à 4800 g
Longevity

11 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Grand Hocco
♀ adult
Grand Hocco
♀ adult

Great Curassow (Crax rubra) is a species of bird in the Cracidae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

  • Crax rubra rubra (e Mexico to w Ecuador)
  • Crax rubra griscomi (Cozumel I.. Mexico.)

Foreign names

  • Grand Hocco,
  • Pavón norteño,
  • mutum-grande,
  • Kronenhokko,
  • nagy hokkó,
  • Bruine Hokko,
  • Hocco maggiore,
  • större hocko,
  • Storhokko,
  • hoko hrbozobý,
  • hoko proměnlivý,
  • Stor Hokko,
  • aarnihokko,
  • hoco de carúncula groga,
  • czubacz zmienny,
  • Большой кракс,
  • オオホウカンチョウ,
  • 大凤冠雉,
  • 大鳳冠雉,

Voice song and call

Grand Hocco
♂ adult

Habitat

Grand Hocco
♂ adult

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

Geographic range

Distribution

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

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