Curassow
| Curassows | |
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| Head of female wattled curassow Crax globulosa | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Galliformes |
| Family: | Cracidae |
| Subfamily: | Cracinae Vigors, 1825 |
| Genera | |
Curassows are one of the three major groups of cracid birds. They comprise the largest-bodied species of the cracid family. Three of the four genera are restricted to tropical South America; a single species of Crax ranges north to Mexico. They form a distinct clade which is usually classified as the subfamily Cracinae.
| Image | Genus | Living Species |
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| Nothocrax |
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| Mitu |
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| Pauxi – Helmeted curassows |
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| Crax |
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