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Black Curassow

Crax alector Linnaeus, C 1766

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.
Species name Recordist Date Location Remarks Cat.nr.
Black Curassow - Crax alector alector Richard E. Webster 2025-03-19 Atta Rainforest Lodge, Rest of Region 8 (Guyana) (110 m) call, song -

male 8 m up on a cross branch, standing on the branch; with each song it flexed its neck and pushed its head forward on the first note, slightly flexing its shoulders, doing nothing the rest of the notes; not giving terminal notes on most songs though one after 3:14; female twice gave some whistle calls like at 3:48, and she flew down at 3:54 and went to where they are fed at times, and the male went silent, flew down with audible wingbeats after 3:54, and joined her; interval shortened at 4:16 for a few more whistles by the female, then, after 4:40 by both male and female; songs after 2:56 are a little louder as I got closer; some good calls after 5:30;

1031464
xeno-canto.org
Black Curassow - Crax alector Felipe Arantes 2020-10-18 Saracá Taquera National Forest, State of Pará, Oriximiná (Brazil) (170 m) alarm call, sex uncertain -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

599587
xeno-canto.org
Black Curassow - Crax alector Mauricio Álvarez Rebolledo (Colección de Sonidos Ambientales - I 1993-02-24 Centro de Investigaciones Ecológicas La Macarena. Río Duda, Macarena, Meta, Meta (Colombia) (500 m) song -

BSA 9812

To obtain a wav file of the original recording, please contact [email protected]

playback-used:no

117746
xeno-canto.org
Black Curassow - Crax alector JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA 2024-10-01 Estrada Perdida, Parque Nacional do Viruá, Caracaraí, Roraima, Caracaraí (Brazil) (50 m) call - [sono] 939570
xeno-canto.org
Black Curassow - Crax alector alector Richard E. Webster 2025-03-19 Atta Rainforest Lodge, Rest of Region 8 (Guyana) (110 m) song -

not seen; interval shortened at 2:14; a tree fell in the forest;

1031462
xeno-canto.org
Black Curassow - Crax alector GABRIEL LEITE 2016-01-22 Caracaraí, Roraima, Roraima (Brazil) (100 m) call, female, male -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

303104
xeno-canto.org
Black Curassow - Crax alector Cameron Rutt 2018-07-19 Porto Alegre camp -- Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project, Amazonas (Brazil) (150 m) adult, call, sex uncertain -

This bird was recorded calling from the midstory of a primary forest plot (reserve 3512) at the BDFFP. The bird had originally been on the forest floor before I flushed it, at which point I registered this recording (it then flushed again towards the end of this track). Aside from normalizing, the recording was unaltered. This recording is also archived at the Macaulay Library (ML219893791).

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

540588
xeno-canto.org
Black Curassow - Crax alector Peter Boesman 1993-11-15 Junglaven area, Amazonas, Amazonas (Venezuela) (100 - 300 m) call -

ID certainty 100%. (Archiv. tape 32 side A track 3 seq. A)

221763
xeno-canto.org
Black Curassow - Crax alector Alexandre Renaudier 04-10-2010 Mont Itoupé, French Guiana (French Guiana) (750 m) alarm call and flight noise (B) - By at least 3 birds 65010
xeno-canto.org
Black Curassow - Crax alector Mauricio Álvarez Rebolledo (Colección de Sonidos Ambientales - I 1993-02-24 Centro de Investigaciones Ecológicas La Macarena. Río Duda, Macarena, Meta, Meta (Colombia) (500 m) call -

BSA 9814

To obtain a wav file of the original recording, please contact [email protected]

playback-used:no

117747
xeno-canto.org
Black Curassow - Crax alector Peter Boesman 2014-03-18 Brownsberg, Brokopondo, Brokopondo (Suriname) call - [sono] 271762
xeno-canto.org
Black Curassow - Crax alector João Capurucho 2018-05-22 PN Virua, Roraima, Caracaraí (Brazil) (60 m) call -

Amplified and equalized audio

984987
xeno-canto.org
Black Curassow - Crax alector GABRIEL LEITE 2010-09-30 Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Amazonas (Brazil) (40 m) male, song -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

119280
xeno-canto.org
Black Curassow - Crax alector JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA 2024-10-01 Estrada Perdida, Parque Nacional do Viruá, Caracaraí, Roraima, Caracaraí (Brazil) (50 m) call - [sono] 939572
xeno-canto.org
Black Curassow - Crax alector erythrognatha GABRIEL LEITE 2019-02-05 Amajari, State of Roraima, Roraima (Brazil) (130 m) call -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

456457
xeno-canto.org
Black Curassow - Crax alector Paul Fenwick 2023-08-26 , Amazonas (Brazil)   -   610683708
macaulaylibrary.org
Black Curassow - Crax alector Paul Fenwick 2023-08-26 , Amazonas (Brazil)   -   610683709
macaulaylibrary.org
Black Curassow - Crax alector Cameron Rutt 2018-07-19 3512, Amazonas, Brazil, Amazonas (Brazil)   - The mp3 file is archived at xeno-canto (XC540588) 219893791
macaulaylibrary.org
Black Curassow - Crax alector Thiago Vernaschi V. Costa 08-05-2006 ZF2 km 34, 80km north of Manaus, Amazonas (Brazil) (? m) call (B) -   15107
xeno-canto.org
Black Curassow - Crax alector Fabrice Schmitt 2015-02-03 Atta Canopy Walkway Lodge, Potaro-Siparuni (Guyana) (90 m) song -

playback-used:no

612245
xeno-canto.org
Black Curassow - Crax alector alector Richard E. Webster 2025-03-19 Atta Rainforest Lodge, Rest of Region 8 (Guyana) (110 m) song -

not seen; interval shortened at 2:58; irritating phone call in a room of the lodge faintly audible at times;

1031463
xeno-canto.org
Black Curassow - Crax alector Geoffrey Monchaux 2022-11-01 Montsinery-Tonnegrande, Arrondissement of Cayenne, Roura (French Guiana) (40 m) subsong - [sono] 759396
xeno-canto.org
Black Curassow - Crax alector erythrognatha GABRIEL LEITE 2019-02-05 Amajari, State of Roraima, Roraima (Brazil) (130 m) song -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

456458
xeno-canto.org
Black Curassow - Crax alector Anne Bielamowicz 2025-09-04 , Potaro-Siparuni (Guyana)   -   641554106
macaulaylibrary.org
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