Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several long-tailed, crested South and Central American game birds of the family Cracidae, related to the pheasants and domestic fowl.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of the large gallinaceous South American birds of the genera Crax and Pauxi, and the subfamily Cracinæ.
- noun plural The family Cracidæ.
- noun Also spelled carasow, carassow, and also called hocco, mituporanga, and by other names.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zool.) A large gallinaceous bird of the American genera Crax, Ourax, etc., of the family
Cracidæ .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of several
species ofbird in the genera Nothocrax, Mitu, Pauxi and Crax of theCracidae family, limited to theAmericas .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun large crested arboreal game bird of warm parts of the Americas having long legs and tails; highly esteemed as game and food
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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"The curassow is my favorite bird," said Mr. González, referring to the roasted meat consumed for dinner the previous night.
NYT > Home Page 2009
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"The curassow is my favorite bird," said Mr. González, referring to the roasted meat consumed for dinner the previous night.
NYT > Home Page 2009
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Over 375 birds have been recorded, notable species being king vulture Sarcoramphus papa, harpy eagle Harpia harpyia (LR), great curassow Crax rubra, crested guan Penelope purpurescens, scarlet macaw Ara macao, green macaw A. ambigua and military macaw A. militaris.
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Among the bird species the following are the commonest: military macaw Ara militaris (VU), rufescent tinamu Crypturellus cinnamomeus, spot‑bellied bobwhite Colinus leucopogon, great curassow Crax rubra, crested guan Penelope purpurascens, blue‑winged teal Anas discors, roseate spoonbill Ajaia ajaja, thick knee Burhinus bistriatus, jabiru Jabiru mycteria (VU), ibis Eudocimus albus and laughing falcon Herpetotheres cachinans.
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Species of special concern for this ecoregion are the Colombian ebony and the mahogany, among the precious timber; the Cattleya aurea, as this beautiful orchid has suffered from over-collection for more than seventy years; the two species of tapirs present are highly endangered both at the national and international level; the harpy eagle and the blue-billed curassow are also endangered species than still present in the upper Sinú.
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The powerful eagles Spizaetus tyrannus, Morphnus guianensis and Harpia harpyja, the critically endangered blue knobbed curassow Crax alberti, six species of macaws Ara ambigua, A. militaris, A. ararauna, A. macao, A. chloroptera, and A. severa, among others.
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The organization has created 15 birding reserves, like the El Paujil Reserve, where birders may be lucky to see the endangered blue-billed curassow, at left.
Guerrilla Birding 2009
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Habitat association and notes of the southern helmeted curassow (Pauxi unicornis) in Carrasco National Park, Bolivia.
Bolivian Yungas 2008
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Additionally, expeditions undertaken just to study such rare and strongly endemic populations, such as the southern helmeted curassow (Pauxi unicornis).
Bolivian Yungas 2008
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Notable are horned screamer Anhima cornuta, Orinoco goose Neochen jubata, harpy eagle, black and white hawk-eagle Spizastur melanoleucusCrax globulosa (VU). and wattled curassow
chained_bear commented on the word curassow
See also guan and chachalaca. How could these excellently-named birds happen to be related?
April 29, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word curassow
"Blue jays, woodpeckers, hawks, crested curassows, and eagles had made the return voyage across the Atlantic with the earliest explorers."
--Joyce Appleby, Shores of Knowledge: New World Discoveries and the Scientific Imagination (New York and London: W.W. Norton & Co., 2013), p. 111
December 28, 2016
bilby commented on the word curassow
How are they not brilliant blue?
August 15, 2022