Helmeted Curassow
Pauxi pauxi(Linnaeus, C, 1766)
English (US) Helmeted Curassow
The Helmeted Curassow (Pauxi pauxi) 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
- Pauxi pauxi
- Order
- Galliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Helmeted Curassow
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Pauxi pauxi pauxi
- Pauxi pauxi gilliardi
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Crax Pauxi
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
- Type locality
- Mexico, error = Venezuela.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1] p.270
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Bare-faced Curassow
Crax fasciolata
Red-billed Curassow
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Sira Curassow
Pauxi koepckeae
Horned Curassow
Pauxi unicornis
Nocturnal Curassow
Nothocrax urumutum
Crestless Curassow
Mitu tomentosum
Salvin's Curassow
Mitu salvini
Razor-billed Curassow
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