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Helmeted curassow (Pauxi pauxi), a large black bird with a white belly and a distinctive gray casque on its head, standing on grass with green foliage in the background. A bare-faced curassow (Crax fasciolata) stands on grass with a blurred green background, showing its black crest, speckled neck, and chestnut brown body. Southern helmeted curassow (Crax unicornis)
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Lion (panthera leo)
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turkey vulture. vulture. Close-up of a head and beak of a Turkey vulture (Cathartes aura).
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Curassow: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Article title updated for style. Nov 13, 2026
Media added. Sep 04, 2020
Invalidated site: BirdLife International - Great Curassow. Dec 28, 2017
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Animals - Curassow. May 21, 2008
Added new Web site: Oiseaux.net - Blue Knobbed Curassow. Oct 22, 2007
Added new Web site: Bird Life Internalional - Blue-billed Curassow. Oct 22, 2007
Added new Web site: Monterey Bay - Curassows And Guans. Oct 22, 2007
Added new Web site: Rainforest Alliance - Great Curassow. Oct 22, 2007
Added new Web site: World Land Trust - Red Billed Curassow. Oct 22, 2007
Added new Web site: BirdLife International - Great Curassow. Oct 22, 2007
Added new Web site: Bird And Nature - The Curassows. Oct 22, 2007
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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