Black Curassow
Crax alector
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderGalliformes (Landfowl)
- FamilyCracidae (Guans, Chachalacas, and Curassows)
- GenusCrax (Crested Curassows)
- SpeciesCrax alector (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 have a yellow (eastern part of its range) or orange-red (western part of its range) cere. Wikipedia →
<5% of wildlife watchers report a Black Curassow sighting in Sierra de la Macarena National Park, based on 8 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Sierra de la Macarena National Park
Speckled Chachalaca
Ortalis guttata
Spix's Guan
Penelope jacquacu
Crestless Curassow
Mitu tomentosum
Wattled Guan
Aburria aburri
Blue-throated Piping-Guan
Pipile cumanensis
Rufous-vented Chachalaca
Ortalis ruficauda
Band-tailed Guan
Penelope argyrotis
Salvin's Curassow
Mitu salvini
Crested Bobwhite
Colinus cristatus
Marbled Wood Quail
Odontophorus gujanensis
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
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 | Brownsberg Nature Park | 🇸🇷 Suriname | |
| 2 | Canaima National Park | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 3 | Sierra de la Macarena National Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 4 | Anavilhanas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Black Curassow in Sierra de la Macarena National Park?
About 1% of wildlife watchers report a Black Curassow sighting in Sierra de la Macarena National Park, based on 8 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Black Curassow in Sierra de la Macarena National Park?
March has the highest sighting rate for Black Curassow in Sierra de la Macarena National Park in our monthly data.