Bare-faced Curassow
Crax fasciolata
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderGalliformes (Landfowl)
- FamilyCracidae (Guans, Chachalacas, and Curassows)
- GenusCrax (Crested Curassows)
- SpeciesCrax fasciolata (Bare-faced Curassow)
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. Wikipedia →
5–10% of wildlife watchers report a Bare-faced Curassow sighting in Serra da Canastra National Park, based on 31 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Serra da Canastra National Park
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Serra da Canastra National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Chapada dos Guimarães National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Iberá National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 6 | Noel Kempff Mercado National Park | 🇧🇴 Bolivia |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Bare-faced Curassow in Serra da Canastra National Park?
About 6% of wildlife watchers report a Bare-faced Curassow sighting in Serra da Canastra National Park, based on 31 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Bare-faced Curassow in Serra da Canastra National Park?
November has the highest sighting rate for Bare-faced Curassow in Serra da Canastra National Park in our monthly data.