Crax daubentoni
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In 3 days <5% in a week ~10%
The yellow-knobbed curassow (Crax daubentoni) is a species of bird in the family Cracidae, the chachalacas, guans, and curassows. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela. The yellow-knobbed curassow was formerly classified as a subspecies of blue-billed curassow (Crax alberti). It is monotypic. A few subspecies previously proposed for it were determined to be hybrids or aberrant individuals and so were not adopted.
The yellow-knobbed curassow is 84 to 92.5 cm (2.8 to 3.0 ft) long. Males usually weigh between 2,925 and 3,200 g (6.4 and 7.1 lb) but one weighed only 1,625 g (3.6 lb). A female weighed 2,325 g (5.1 lb). The male is the only curassow with a knobbed yellow cere and wattle. Males and females are mostly black with a white lower belly, vent area, and tips of the tail feathers. Females have a black cere and pale barring on the breast and lower belly.
The yellow-knobbed curassow is found in northern Venezuela as far east as Sucre and Monagas states and in immediately adjacent northeastern Colombia. It primarily inhabits gallery forest and tall scrub in the llanos. It also occurs in valleys and ravines... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Henri Pittier National Park | 🇻🇪 Venezuela |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ZooParc de Beauval | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 2 | Rio de Janeiro Zoological Garden | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Sriayuthaya Lion Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 4 | Loro Parque | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 5 | Parque de la Conservación | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-knobbed Curassow sighting in Henri Pittier National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 345th most-seen of the 358 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, and over a week to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-knobbed Curassow in Henri Pittier National Park on a given day, against under 5% in September to July, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellow-knobbed Curassow sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 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 Yellow-knobbed Curassow sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Cracidae
The closest relatives of the Yellow-knobbed Curassow that you can see in Henri Pittier National Park (family Cracidae, Guans, Chachalacas, and Curassows) are Rufous-vented Chachalaca (about 20%), Band-tailed Guan (about 10%) and Helmeted Curassow (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Yellow-knobbed Curassow is recorded against all the birds logged in Henri Pittier National Park (6 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.
