🌎 Great curassow (Crax rubra) The great curassow is a large, pheasant-like bird with marked sexual dimorphism. Males are glossy black with a curly crest, white belly, and a prominent yellow knob on their bill. Females exhibit three color morphs: barred, rufous, or dark brown, with a black-and-white crest. They are distributed throughout Neotropical rainforests, from eastern Mexico through Central America to western Colombia and northwestern Ecuador. Primarily ground-dwelling, they forage for fruits, seeds, and arthropods, but roost and nest in trees. Monogamous, they often travel in pairs or small groups, communicating with grunts and booming male calls. 2.5 Flash (Edited) Conservation status: Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1) 📷: Photo by FINTANOBRIEN via Pixabay https://pixabay.com/photos/great-curassow-bird-costa-rica-1080725/ JCFQ

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🌎 Sickle-winged guan (Chamaepetes goudotii) The sickle-winged guan is a large bird with distinctive long, sickle-shaped wing feathers. Adults typically have mainly black plumage with a glossy greenish sheen, a red dewlap, and a red wattle around the eye. This species is distributed along the Andes Mountains from Colombia to Bolivia, primarily in humid and wet montane forests between 800 and 3,000 meters in elevation. They can be found in tall forests, forest edges, and older secondary growth. Sickle-winged guans are arboreal, foraging mainly in fruiting trees, often high up in the canopy, for small fruits, but also consume flowers, leaves, and invertebrates. They are usually seen in pairs or small groups, foraging around dawn and dusk. They are considered shy and elusive birds. Five subspecies are recognised. Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) CLKA

New addition! 🌎 Sickle-winged guan (Chamaepetes goudotii) #SouthAmericanBirds | #SickleWingedGuan #ChamaepetesGoudotii | #Guans #ChachalacaFamily 📷: Photo by Keishpixl🦜 #birdsoftheworld #birds