Black Curassow

The black curassow (Crax alector), also known as the smooth-billed curassow and the crested curassow, is a species of bird in the family Cracidae, the chachalacas, guans, and curassows. It is found in humid forests in northern South America in Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas including Suriname, and far northern Brazil, and is introduced to Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and Lesser Antilles. It is the only Crax curassow where the male and female cannot be separated by plumage, as both are essentially black with a white crissum (the area around the cloaca), and…

Le Hocco alector (Crax alector) est une espèce d'oiseau de la famille des Cracidae. Description Il mesure 92 cm de longueur. Son plumage est d'un noir brillant mais le ventre et la base du dessous de la queue sont blancs.

El paujil culiblanco o pavón guayanés​ (Crax alector) es una especie de ave galliforme de la familia Cracidae que se encuentra en las selvas del norte de Brasil, este de Colombia, sur y este de Venezuela, Guyana, Guayana francesa y Surinam. Descripción Alcanza una longitud promedio de 92 cm. Plumas negras y brillantes, pero en el vientre y bajo la cola blancas.