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

Hocco alector
♂ adult
Hocco alector
♀ adult

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

Voice song and cries

Hocco alector
♂ adult

Habitat

Hocco alector
♂ adult

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

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