What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Black Curassow been recorded?

Crax alector occurrence evidence comes from 95 records in 7 countries and territories, from 1909 to 2026. Most records come from Guyana.

Black Curassow
Black Curassow — Photo (display-sized rendition): Alberto Apollaro Teleuko · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AvesGalliformesCracidaeCrax

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

95 records across 7 countries and territories, 1909–2026.

Crax alector · GBIF taxon key 2482173

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-08-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: March.

11 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: March. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

19092026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Black Curassow has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Black Curassow. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Guyana 41
Brazil 20
Colombia 11
Suriname 8
Venezuela 7
French Guiana 4
United States 3

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.