
19/06/2025
Postcode : 202506190931 Product : Powisi Location : All districts Subsector : Eco discovery Category : Fauna Note : The black curassow (Crax alector), also known as the smooth-billed curassow and the crested curassow. 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. The black curassow is a black bird with a white belly that is common in our interior. It can only fly short distances and is therefore usually found on the ground. It lives in the undergrowth in lowland forests and plantations and in riverside thickets. It mostly eats fruit, but also consumes buds, shoots, leaves, flowers, fungi and invertebrates. He steals everything that glitters and is therefore also used to swallow gold. The curled feathers are used to make jewelry. It nests a few meters above the ground in trees, the nest being a platform of sticks. Breeding takes place in the rainy season in Suriname while in French Guiana, young are reported in March and September.
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