Horned Curassow
Pauxi unicornisBond, J; Meyer de Schauensee, R, 1939
English (US) Horned Curassow
The Horned Curassow (Pauxi unicornis) 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.
Range: east slope of Andes of central BoliviaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Pauxi unicornis
- Order
- Galliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Critically Endangered
- English (US)
- Horned Curassow
- Described by
- Bond, J; Meyer de Schauensee, R, 1939
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Bond, J; Meyer de Schauensee, R, 1939
- Original description
- Notulae Naturae no.29 p.1
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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