Curassow

Curassows
	Head of female wattled curassow Crax globulosa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Galliformes
Family:	Cracidae
Subfamily:	Cracinae; Vigors, 1825
Genera
	Crax; Mitu; Nothocrax; Pauxi;

Curassows are one of the three major groups of cracid birds. They comprise the largest-bodied species of the cracid family. Three of the four genera are restricted to tropical South America; a single species of Crax ranges north to Mexico. They form a distinct clade which is usually classified as the subfamily Cracinae.

Image	Genus	Living Species
	Nothocrax	Nocturnal curassow, Nothocrax urumutum
	Mitu	Crestless curassow, Mitu tomentosum Alagoas curassow, Mitu mitu - extinct in the wild (mid-late 1980s) Salvin's curassow, Mitu salvini Razor-billed curassow, Mitu tuberosum
	Pauxi – Helmeted curassows	Helmeted curassow, or Northern Helmeted Curassow Pauxi pauxi Horned curassow or Southern Helmeted Curassow, Pauxi unicornis Sira curassow, Pauxi koepckeae
	Crax	Great curassow, Crax rubra Blue-billed curassow, Crax alberti Yellow-knobbed curassow, Crax daubentoni Wattled curassow, Crax globulosa Red-billed curassow Crax blumenbachii Bare-faced curassow, Crax fasciolata Black curassow, Crax alector Belem curassow, Crax pinima

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