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The helmeted curassow (Pauxi pauxi) or northern helmeted curassow, is a large terrestrial bird in the family Cracidae found in the subtropical cloud-forest in steep, mountainous regions of western Venezuela and northern Colombia.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 32 relations: Alexander Wetmore, Andes, Beak, Biological specificity, Canopy (biology), Carl Linnaeus, Casque (anatomy), CITES, Colombia, Cordillera de Mérida, Cordillera Oriental (Colombia), Cracidae, Curassow, Dry season, Endangered species, Evolution, Forest floor, Gene flow, Habitat, Horned curassow, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Messinian, Miocene, Serranía del Perijá, Subspecies, Tamá National Natural Park, Tarsus (skeleton), Taxon, Tortonian, Venezuela, Vulnerable species, Wing chord (biology).

  2. Curassows
  3. Pauxi

Alexander Wetmore

Frank Alexander Wetmore (June 18, 1886 – December 7, 1978) was an American ornithologist and avian paleontologist.

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Andes

The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America.

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Beak

The beak, bill, or rostrum is an external anatomical structure found mostly in birds, but also in turtles, non-avian dinosaurs and a few mammals.

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Biological specificity

Biological specificity is the tendency of a characteristic such as a behavior or a biochemical variation to occur in a particular species.

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Canopy (biology)

In biology, the canopy is the aboveground portion of a plant cropping or crop, formed by the collection of individual plant crowns.

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Carl Linnaeus

Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,Blunt (2004), p. 171.

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Casque (anatomy)

A casque is an anatomical feature found in some species of birds, reptiles, and amphibians.

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CITES

CITES (shorter name for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, also known as the Washington Convention) is a multilateral treaty to protect endangered plants and animals from the threats of international trade.

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Colombia

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with insular regions in North America.

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Cordillera de Mérida

The Cordillera de Mérida is a series of mountain ranges, or massif, in northwestern Venezuela.

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Cordillera Oriental (Colombia)

The Cordillera Oriental (Eastern Ranges) is the widest of the three branches of the Colombian Andes.

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Cracidae

The chachalacas, guans and curassows are birds in the family Cracidae.

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Curassow

Curassows are one of the three major groups of cracid birds. Helmeted curassow and Curassow are curassows.

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Dry season

The dry season was a yearly period of low rainfall, especially in the tropics.

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Endangered species

An endangered species is a species that is very likely to become extinct in the near future, either worldwide or in a particular political jurisdiction.

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Evolution

Evolution is the change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations.

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Forest floor

The forest floor, also called detritus or duff, is the part of a forest ecosystem that mediates between the living, aboveground portion of the forest and the mineral soil, principally composed of dead and decaying plant matter such as rotting wood and shed leaves.

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Gene flow

In population genetics, gene flow (also known as migration and allele flow) is the transfer of genetic material from one population to another.

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Habitat

In ecology, habitat refers to the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species.

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Horned curassow

The horned curassow (Pauxi unicornis), or southern helmeted curassow, is a species of bird in the family Cracidae found in humid tropical and subtropical forests. Helmeted curassow and horned curassow are Pauxi.

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International Union for Conservation of Nature

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources.

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Messinian

The Messinian is in the geologic timescale the last age or uppermost stage of the Miocene.

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Miocene

The Miocene is the first geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma).

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Serranía del Perijá

The Serranía del Perijá, Cordillera de Perijá or Sierra de Perijá is a mountain range, an extension of the eastern Andean branch (Cordillera Oriental), in northern South America, between Colombia and Venezuela, ending further north in the Guajira Desert, a total distance of about.

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Subspecies

In biological classification, subspecies (subspecies) is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (morphology), but that can successfully interbreed.

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Tamá National Natural Park

The Tamá National Natural Park (Parque Nacional Natural (PNN) Tamá) is a national park located in the Tamá Massif of the Andean Region of Colombia, between the municipalities Toledo and Herrán, in the department of Norte de Santander, in the northeastern part of the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes.

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Tarsus (skeleton)

In the human body, the tarsus (tarsi) is a cluster of seven articulating bones in each foot situated between the lower end of the tibia and the fibula of the lower leg and the metatarsus.

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Taxon

In biology, a taxon (back-formation from taxonomy;: taxa) is a group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms seen by taxonomists to form a unit.

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Tortonian

The Tortonian is in the geologic time scale an age or stage of the late Miocene that spans the time between.

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Venezuela

Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea.

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Vulnerable species

A vulnerable species is a species which has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as being threatened with extinction unless the circumstances that are threatening its survival and reproduction improve.

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Wing chord (biology)

Wing chord is an anatomical measurement of a bird's wing.

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See also

Curassows

Pauxi

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmeted_curassow

Also known as Crax pauxi, Hocco À Pierre, Northern Helmeted Curassow, Paují Copete De Piedra, Paují De Yelmo, Pauxi pauxi.