Bare-faced Curassow
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Bare-faced Curassow

Crax fasciolata

Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely
at Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas
1,200 Verified sightings at Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas From 2019 to 2026
1,410 Verified sightings across all 6 parks From 2019 to 2026
August Best month highest sighting rate
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

About the Bare-faced Curassow

The bare-faced curassow (Crax fasciolata) is a species of bird in the family Cracidae, the chachalacas, guans, curassows, etc. It is found in Brazil, Paraguay, and eastern Bolivia, and extreme northeast Argentina, in the cerrado, pantanal, and the southeastern region of the Amazon basin. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.

There are three currently recognized subspecies following the IOC, C. f. fasciolata (Spix, 1825) – fasciated curassow – lowlands of Brazil to Paraguay and northeast Argentina C. f. grayi (Ogilvie-Grant, 1893) – eastern Bolivia

C. f. pinima (Pelzeln, 1870) – northeastern Brazil The bare-faced curassow is a large bird reaching a length of 82 to 92 centimetres (32 to 36 in). The sexes differ in appearance. The male has black upper parts faintly glossed with greenish-olive, with an unfeathered face with yellowish bare skin, a small black crest, and white underparts. The female, on the other hand, has a black head, throat, neck and upper mantle, and a black and white barred crest. The remainder of the upper parts are greenish-black barred with white or ochre. The... Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas

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Chaco Chachalaca

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Ortalis canicollis

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely
Blue-throated Piping-Guan
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Blue-throated Piping-Guan

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Pipile cumanensis

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely
Chestnut-bellied Guan
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Chestnut-bellied Guan

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Penelope ochrogaster

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
Red-throated Piping-Guan
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Red-throated Piping-Guan

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Pipile cujubi

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
Rusty-margined Guan
NT

Rusty-margined Guan

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Penelope superciliaris

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Global Distribution

Warmer areas are where this animal is recorded most often.

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Emas National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~50%
2 Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas 🇧🇷 Brazil
~40%
3 Serra da Canastra National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
4 Chapada dos Guimarães National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
5 Iberá National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
Insufficient data
6 Noel Kempff Mercado National Park 🇧🇴 Bolivia
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Bare-faced Curassow in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas?

About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Bare-faced Curassow sighting in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas, based on 1,200 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Bare-faced Curassow in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas?

August has the highest sighting rate for Bare-faced Curassow in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas in our monthly data.

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