Pauxi pauxi
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
The helmeted curassow (Pauxi pauxi) or northern helmeted curassow, is a large terrestrial bird in the family Cracidae found in the subtropical cloud-forest in steep, mountainous regions of western Venezuela and northern Colombia. There are two subspecies found in different mountain ranges. It is a mostly black bird with a white tip to its tail, a red bill and a distinctive grey casque on its forehead. The population of this bird is in decline and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated its conservation status as "endangered".
It is a large terrestrial black curassow with a small head, large bluish grey casque on forehead, red bill, white-tipped tail feathers, greenish glossed mantle and breast feathers, and white below. Both sexes are similar. Length in adult birds can vary from 80 to 100 cm (31 to 39 in). The male, at 3.6 kg (8 lbs), is larger than the female, at 2.6 kg (5.8 lbs). Among standard measurements, the wing chord is 36.3 to 42.7 cm (14.3 to 16.8 in), the tail is 30.4 to 36.2 cm (12.0 to 14.3 in) and the tarsus is 8.9 to 11.2 cm (3.5 to 4.4 in). Some rare rufous morph female has a black barred and reddish brown plumage. For some time... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Henri Pittier National Park | 🇻🇪 Venezuela |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shedd Aquarium | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | ZooParc de Beauval | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 3 | Denver Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Lisbon Oceanarium | 🇵🇹 Portugal | |
| 5 | Zoo Miami | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Bronx Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Brookfield Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Dallas Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Selwo Aventura | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 10 | Caldwell Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 11 | Fresno Chaffee Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 12 | Attica Zoological Park | 🇬🇷 Greece | |
| 13 | Łódź Zoo | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 14 | Reserva Animal La Pequeña África | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 15 | Lincoln Park Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 16 | Aviario Nacional de Colombia | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 17 | Henry Vilas Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 18 | Parque del pueblo | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 19 | Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 20 | Greenville Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 21 | Tracy Aviary | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 22 | Zoo Koki (Parque zoológico y botánico) | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 23 | Zoo Lagos | 🇵🇹 Portugal | |
| 24 | Johor Zoo | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 25 | Castellar Zoo | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 26 | Zoo de Lourosa | 🇵🇹 Portugal | |
| 27 | Aviary | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong SAR China | |
| 28 | Cali Zoo | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 29 | Centro de Recuperação de Animais Silvestres | 🇵🇹 Portugal | |
| 30 | Ocean Park Hong Kong | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 31 | Ogród zoologiczny w Lubinie | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 32 | Parco Gallorose | 🇮🇹 Italy | |
| 33 | Zooparque Itatiba | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Helmeted Curassow sighting in Henri Pittier National Park on a given day, based on 60 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 117th most-seen of the 358 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Helmeted Curassow in Henri Pittier National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January, May and July–October, the lowest months.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Helmeted 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.
Only Henri Pittier National Park, in our data
Henri Pittier National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Helmeted Curassow sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Cracidae
The closest relatives of the Helmeted Curassow that you can see in Henri Pittier National Park (family Cracidae, Guans, Chachalacas, and Curassows) are Rufous-vented Chachalaca (about 20%) and Band-tailed Guan (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Helmeted Curassow is recorded against all the birds logged in Henri Pittier National Park (60 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.
