Bare-faced Curassow
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Bare-faced Curassow

Crax fasciolata

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
30–40% · Possible
overall probability at Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas
943 Verified records at Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas
August 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 →

30–40% of wildlife watchers report a Bare-faced Curassow sighting in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas, based on 943 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas

Chaco Chachalaca
LC

Chaco Chachalaca

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Ortalis canicollis

50–60% · Likely
Blue-throated Piping-Guan
LC

Blue-throated Piping-Guan

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Pipile cumanensis

40–50% · Likely
Chestnut-bellied Guan
VU Endemic

Chestnut-bellied Guan

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Penelope ochrogaster

10–20% · With luck
Red-throated Piping-Guan
VU

Red-throated Piping-Guan

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Pipile cujubi

5–10% · With luck
Rusty-margined Guan
NT

Rusty-margined Guan

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Penelope superciliaris

<5% · Rare

📅 Monthly Probability

30–40
Jan
30–40
Feb
30–40
Mar
40–50
Apr
40–50
May
30–40
Jun
30–40
Jul
40–50
Aug
20–30
Sep
30–40
Oct
10–20
Nov
20–30
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 Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas?

About 36% of wildlife watchers report a Bare-faced Curassow sighting in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas, based on 943 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Bare-faced Curassow in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas?

August has the highest sighting rate for Bare-faced Curassow in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas in our monthly data.

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