Bare-faced Curassow (Crax fasciolata)

Bare-faced Curassow, a reference photo — Photo: Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)

The bare-faced curassow (Crax fasciolata) is a species of bird in the family Cracidae, the chachalacas, guans, curassows, etc. It is found in Brazil, Paraguay, and eastern Bolivia, and extreme northeast Argentina, in the cerrado, pantanal, and the southeastern region of the Amazon basin. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Bare-faced Curassow being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Crax alberti
Crax blumenbachii
Crax rubra
Crax alector

Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Cracidae
Genus: Crax
Species: Crax fasciolata

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