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Photo by Sylvester_b
Brazil, September 2004

Crax fasciolata

[edit] Identification

Male - all black, white belly, yellow bill and cere
Female - extensive barring on upperparts, rufous chest and belly, bright red legs.

[edit] Distribution

South America: found in eastern Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, north-eastern Argentina

Female
Photo by arthurgrosset
Thaimaçu, Pará, Brazil, April 2003

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies

There are 3 subspecies^[1]:

• C. f. pinima:

• North-eastern Brazil

• C. f. fasciolata:

• Lowlands of Brazil to Paraguay and north-eastern Argentina

• C. f. grayi:

• Eastern Bolivia

A fourth subspecies, xavieri, is not recognised by all authorities and is usually considered invalid^[2]

[edit] Habitat

Humid forest and at the edges of woodland, scrub and riversides.

[edit] Behaviour

At night they often roost in trees.

[edit] Diet

The diet includes seeds, flowers and fallen fruit.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
2. Avibase
3. Arthur Grosset

• List of references

[edit] External Links

• Arthur Grosset's Birds