Black Curassow
Crax alectorLinnaeus, C, 1766
English (US) Black Curassow
The Black Curassow (Crax alector) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Cracidae (Guans, Curassows, and Chachalacas) in the order Galliformes.
- Scientific name
- Crax alector
- Order
- Galliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Black Curassow
- Described by
- Linnaeus, C, 1766
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Crax alector alector
- Crax alector erythrognatha
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Crax Alector
- Described by
- Linnaeus, C, 1766
- Type locality
- 'America calidiore.'
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1] p.269
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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