CreatureData

Bare-faced curassow

Crax fasciolata Spix, 1825

VUVulnerablebirds

The bare-faced curassow (Crax fasciolata) is a species in the family Cracidae, order Galliformes. Recorded adults weigh 2.2 kg to 2.75 kg. Its IUCN Red List status is Vulnerable.

Bare-faced curassow (Crax fasciolata)
Photo: Aconcagua · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the bare-faced curassow

Weight
2.2 kg – 2.75 kgsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Frugivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
30 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
2src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Photos of the bare-faced curassow

Only freely licensed photos are shown. Each carries its creator and licence.

Bare-faced curassow (Crax fasciolata)
Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Bare-faced curassow (Crax fasciolata)
Bruno Girin · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where does the bare-faced curassow live?

Not recorded

What is the bare-faced curassow?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

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.

From the Wikipedia article “Bare-faced curassow” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bare-faced_curassow&oldid=1380717019), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the bare-faced curassow endangered?

The bare-faced curassow is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Vulnerable species. What the categories mean.

How is the bare-faced curassow classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderGalliformes
  5. familyCracidae
  6. genusCrax
  7. SpeciesCrax fasciolata Spix, 1825

Synonyms Crax fasciolata sclateri, Crax sclateri, Penelope circinnatus

Other names and names in other languages (38)
  • قراز عاري الوجهArabic
  • Гололик краксBulgarian
  • Hoco caranúCatalan
  • hoco de cara nuaCatalan
  • hoko žlutozobýCzech
  • cwrasow gyddfdduWelsh
  • Nøgenmasket HokkoDanish
  • NacktgesichthokkoGerman
  • BendomutuoEsperanto
  • nudvizaĝa kraksoEsperanto
  • Pavón muitúSpanish
  • MuitúSpanish
  • palehokoEstonian
  • Crax fasciolataBasque
  • کاکلفری لختصورتPersian
  • kaljunaamahokkoFinnish
  • Hocco à face nueFrench
  • הוקו חשוף-פניםHebrew
  • gololici hokoCroatian
  • csupaszarcú hokkóHungarian
  • Hocco faccianudaItalian
  • ハゲガオホウカンチョウJapanese
  • plikaveidis kraksasLithuanian
  • Plikaskruostis kraksasLithuanian
  • MaskerhokkoDutch
  • Sclaters HokkoDutch
  • krøllhokkoNorwegian
  • czubacz gołolicyPolish
  • mutum-de-penachoPortuguese
  • mutum-do-cerradoPortuguese
  • Гололицый краксRussian
  • hoko kučeravýSlovak
  • Gololiki hokoSerbian
  • gulnäbbad hockoSwedish
  • Gözlüklü HokkoTurkish
  • кракс жовтодзьобийUkrainian
  • 裸脸凤冠雉Chinese
  • 裸臉鳳冠雉Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the bare-faced curassow

Other species in the same genus Crax.

CompareBare-faced curassow vs Blue-billed curassowBare-faced curassow vs Great curassowBare-faced curassow vs Red-billed curassowBare-faced curassow vs Black curassow

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the bare-faced curassow?

An adult bare-faced curassow weighs 2.2 kg – 2.75 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the bare-faced curassow endangered?

The bare-faced curassow is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

What kind of animal is the bare-faced curassow?

The bare-faced curassow (Crax fasciolata) belongs to the family Cracidae in the order Galliformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

Embed a card for this animal on your own site

Copy this code. The card shows the photo with its credit, key facts and a link back to this page.

Preview the card

APA

CreatureData. (2026). Bare-faced curassow (Crax fasciolata). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/bare-faced-curassow

MLA

“Bare-faced curassow (Crax fasciolata).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/bare-faced-curassow.

BibTeX
@misc{bare_faced_curassow_2026,
  title = {Bare-faced curassow (Crax fasciolata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/bare-faced-curassow},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}