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Curassows | |
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Head of female wattled curassow Crax globulosa | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Galliformes |
Family: | Cracidae |
Subfamily: | Cracinae Vigors, 1825 |
Genera | |
Curassows are one of the three major groups of cracid birds.[1] They comprise the largest-bodied species of the cracid family. Three of the four genera are restricted to tropical South America; a single species of Crax ranges north to Mexico. They form a distinct clade which is usually classified as the subfamily Cracinae.[1]
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Nothocrax |
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Mitu |
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Pauxi – Helmeted curassows |
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Crax |
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