Order
Galliformes
Family
Cracidae
Genus
Crax
 
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Version 1.0

This is a historic version of this account.  Current version

SPECIES

Red-billed Curassow Crax blumenbachii

Christine Steiner S. Bernardo
Version: 1.0 — Published June 17, 2011

Sounds and Vocal Behavior

Vocalizations

Birds utter a low uuup when foraging, apparently a contact call. When disturbed they give a sharper whistle and ök-ök-ök while fleeing almost vertically up into trees to a perch 3-4 m above the ground (IBAMA 2004). This behavior makes the bird very vulnerable to hunters.

Males have a specific vocalization used throughout the year.

The adult male's breeding song is a deep low-frequency booming that carries long distances for attracting the female (IBAMA 2004).

Nonvocal Sounds

None reported.

Recommended Citation

Bernardo, C. S. S. (2011). Red-billed Curassow (Crax blumenbachii), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/nb.rebcur1.01