Black Curassow
Crax alector
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderGalliformes (Landfowl)
- FamilyCracidae (Guans, Chachalacas, and Curassows)
- GenusCrax (Crested Curassows)
- SpeciesCrax alector (Black Curassow)
Closest Relatives at Brownsberg Nature Park
📅 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 Brownsberg Nature Park?
About 17% of visitor-days record a Black Curassow sighting in Brownsberg Nature Park, based on 41 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Black Curassow in Brownsberg Nature Park?
February has the highest sighting rate for Black Curassow in Brownsberg Nature Park in our monthly data.