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Wattled curassow

Crax globulosa Spix, 1825

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The wattled curassow (Crax globulosa) is a species in the family Cracidae, order Galliformes. Recorded adults weigh about 2.5 kg and live up to 20 years. Its IUCN Red List status is Endangered.

Wattled curassow (Crax globulosa)
Photo: Photo by and (C)2007 Derek Ramsey ( Ram-Man ) · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the wattled curassow

Weight
2.5 kgsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
20 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Frugivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
29 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
2src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Generalistsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the wattled curassow live?

Not recorded

What is the wattled curassow?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The wattled curassow (Crax globulosa) is a threatened member of the family Cracidae, the curassows, guans, and chachalacas. It is found in remote rainforests in the western Amazon basin in South America. Males have black plumage, except for a white crissum (the area around the cloaca), with curly feathers on the head and red bill ornaments and wattles. Females and juveniles are similar but lack the bill ornamentation and have a reddish-buff crissum area. The wattled curassow is sister to other southern Crax curassows. In captivity, it sometimes hybridises with the blue-billed curassow.

The habitat of the wattled curassow is gallery forests and seasonally-flooded forests where it feeds in small groups on the ground. The diet is largely fruit, but invertebrates and some small vertebrates are opportunistically taken. Little is known of its breeding habits, but it is known that the nest is built of sticks and leaves and two eggs are usually laid. The population of this species is declining. It is threatened by loss of habitat, as the rainforest is progressively cleared, and by hunting, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated its conservation status as "endangered".

From the Wikipedia article “Wattled curassow” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wattled_curassow&oldid=1380717286), 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 wattled curassow endangered?

The wattled curassow is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List: it faces a very 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

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How is the wattled curassow classified?

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

Synonyms Crax carunculata, Crax globulosa carunculata, Crax globulosa yarrellii, Crax yarrellii

Other names and names in other languages (37)
  • قراز ضافرArabic
  • قراز ذو اللغدArabic
  • Оранжевоклюн краксBulgarian
  • hoco globulatCatalan
  • hoko bradavičnatýCzech
  • cwrasow tagellogWelsh
  • Gullappet HokkoDanish
  • RotlappenhokkoGerman
  • KarunkelhokkoGerman
  • GlobomutuoEsperanto
  • karunkla kraksoEsperanto
  • Pavón carunculadoSpanish
  • Paujil CarunculadoSpanish
  • punasagar-hokoEstonian
  • punahelttahokkoFinnish
  • Hocco globuleuxFrench
  • crvenokljuni hokoCroatian
  • pirosbütykös hokkóHungarian
  • Hocco dai bargigliItalian
  • ホオダレホウカンチョウJapanese
  • rutuliasnapis kraksasLithuanian
  • Atseentélí bidagoʼígííNavajo
  • KnobbelhokkoDutch
  • KnoopsnavelhokkoDutch
  • rødknopphokkoNorwegian
  • czubacz koralowyPolish
  • Mutum-favaPortuguese
  • mutum-carunculadoPortuguese
  • mutum-de-favaPortuguese
  • Серёжчатый краксRussian
  • hoko korunkatýSlovak
  • Resasti hokoSerbian
  • gulflikig hockoSwedish
  • Kırmızı İbikli HokkoTurkish
  • кракс амазонійськийUkrainian
  • 肉垂凤冠雉Chinese
  • 肉垂鳳冠雉Chinese

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Relatives of the wattled curassow

Other species in the same genus Crax.

CompareWattled curassow vs Blue-billed curassowWattled curassow vs Great curassowWattled curassow vs Bare-faced curassowWattled curassow vs Red-billed curassow

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the wattled curassow?

An adult wattled curassow weighs 2.5 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the wattled curassow endangered?

The wattled curassow is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces a very high risk of extinction in the wild.

How long does the wattled curassow live?

The wattled curassow has a recorded lifespan of 20 years.

What kind of animal is the wattled curassow?

The wattled curassow (Crax globulosa) belongs to the family Cracidae in the order Galliformes.

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BibTeX
@misc{wattled_curassow_2026,
  title = {Wattled curassow (Crax globulosa)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/wattled-curassow},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}