Bare-faced Curassow (Crax fasciolata)

The bare-faced curassow (Crax fasciolata) is a species of bird in the Cracidae family, the chachalacas, guans, curassows, etc.  Males and females are quite different as you can see in these pics I took in the Pantanal.

Male

ZC-63

FemaleZC-62

They have quite a large range throughout Brazil, Paraguay and Bolivia.  Probably the easiest place to see them is in Brazil’s Pantanal.

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LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS BIRD

Wikipedia

Birdlife

Neotropical Birds

VIDEO

Sadly I couldn’t find a video of them in the wild but this clip of captive birds shows the sounds they make.