Great Curassow
Crax rubra
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderGalliformes (Landfowl)
- FamilyCracidae (Guans, Chachalacas, and Curassows)
- GenusCrax (Crested Curassows)
- SpeciesCrax rubra (Great Curassow)
Closest Relatives at Darién National Park
Gray-headed Chachalaca
Ortalis cinereiceps
Crested Guan
Penelope purpurascens
Baudó Guan
Penelope ortoni
Marbled Wood Quail
Odontophorus gujanensis
Tawny-faced Quail
Rhynchortyx cinctus
Black-eared Wood Quail
Odontophorus melanotis
Helmeted Guineafowl
Numida meleagris
Tacarcuna Wood Quail
Odontophorus dialeucos
📅 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
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Great Curassow in Darién National Park?
About 3% of visitor-days record a Great Curassow sighting in Darién National Park, based on 91 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Great Curassow in Darién National Park?
April has the highest sighting rate for Great Curassow in Darién National Park in our monthly data.