Great Curassow
Crax rubraLinnaeus, C, 1758
English (US) Great Curassow
The Great Curassow (Crax rubra) 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 rubra
- Order
- Galliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Great Curassow
- Described by
- Linnaeus, C, 1758
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Crax rubra rubra
- Crax rubra griscomi
Taxonomic history
- Described by
- Linnaeus, C, 1758
- Type locality
- Based entirely on The Red Peruvian Hen of Albin, book 3, p. 37, pi. 40, no locality given.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.157
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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