Bare-faced Curassow
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Bare-faced Curassow

Crax fasciolata

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
<5% · Rare
overall probability at Chapada dos Guimarães National Park
10 Verified records at Chapada dos Guimarães National Park
June Best month highest sighting rate
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The bare-faced curassow (Crax fasciolata) is a species of bird in the family Cracidae, the chachalacas, guans, curassows, etc. It is found in Brazil, Paraguay, and eastern Bolivia, and extreme northeast Argentina, in the cerrado, pantanal, and the southeastern region of the Amazon basin. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. Wikipedia →

<5% of wildlife watchers report a Bare-faced Curassow sighting in Chapada dos Guimarães National Park, based on 10 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Chapada dos Guimarães National Park

Rusty-margined Guan
NT

Rusty-margined Guan

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Penelope superciliaris

5–10% · Rare
Chaco Chachalaca
LC

Chaco Chachalaca

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Ortalis canicollis

<5% · Rare
Blue-throated Piping-Guan
LC

Blue-throated Piping-Guan

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Pipile cumanensis

Insufficient data
Chestnut-bellied Guan
VU Endemic

Chestnut-bellied Guan

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Penelope ochrogaster

Insufficient data
Helmeted Guineafowl
LC

Helmeted Guineafowl

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Numida meleagris

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
<5
Feb
<5
Mar
<5
Apr
<5
May
5–10
Jun
<5
Jul
<5
Aug
<5
Sep
<5
Oct
<5
Nov
<5
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Emas National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
50–60%
2 Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas 🇧🇷 Brazil
30–40%
3 Serra da Canastra National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
5–10%
4 Chapada dos Guimarães National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
5 Iberá National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
Insufficient data
6 Noel Kempff Mercado National Park 🇧🇴 Bolivia
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Bare-faced Curassow in Chapada dos Guimarães National Park?

About 1% of wildlife watchers report a Bare-faced Curassow sighting in Chapada dos Guimarães National Park, based on 10 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Bare-faced Curassow in Chapada dos Guimarães National Park?

June has the highest sighting rate for Bare-faced Curassow in Chapada dos Guimarães National Park in our monthly data.

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