Crax fasciolata
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In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
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.
The bare-faced curassow is a large bird reaching a length of 82 to 92 centimetres (32 to 36 in). The sexes differ in appearance. The male has black upper parts faintly glossed with greenish-olive, with an unfeathered face with yellowish bare skin, a small black crest, and white underparts. The female, on the other hand, has a black head, throat, neck and upper mantle, and a black and white barred crest. The remainder of the upper parts are greenish-black barred with white or ochre. The... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Emas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Serra da Canastra National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Amboró National Park | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 5 | Chapada dos Guimarães National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Campo Grande | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Likely
About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Bare-faced Curassow sighting in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas on a given day, based on 1,195 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 40th most-seen of the 308 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August
In that month about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Bare-faced Curassow in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas on a given day, against about 30% in November and December, the lowest months. That is one of Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas's driest months, with about 15 mm of rain against 190 mm in January. January to April have too few records to rate.
Between 4 and 7 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Bare-faced Curassow sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Bare-faced Curassow sightings, Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas has the highest daily chance: about 50%. Next come Emas National Park (Brazil, about 50%) and Serra da Canastra National Park (Brazil, about 10%).
Same family: Cracidae
The closest relatives of the Bare-faced Curassow that you can see in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas (family Cracidae, Guans, Chachalacas, and Curassows) are Chaco Chachalaca (about 70%), Blue-throated Piping-Guan (about 60%) and Chestnut-bellied Guan (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Bare-faced Curassow is recorded against all the birds logged in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas (1,195 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
