Cracidae
Guans, Currasows, and Chachalacas
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Brooks, D.M. and S. D. Strahl. 2000. Curassows, guans and chachalacas. Status, survey and conservation action plans for cracids 2000–2004. IUCN/SSC Cracid Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge UK.
del Hoyo, J. 1992. Family Cracidae (Curassows & Guans). Pages 310-363 in Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 2. New World Vultures to Guineafowl. J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, and J. Sargatal, eds. BirdLife International and Lynx Editions, Cambridge, UK and Barcelona.
Delacour, J. and D. Amadon. 1973. Curassows and Related Birds. American Museum of Natural History, New York.
Ffrench, R., P. O’Neill and D.R. Eckelberry. 1991. A Guide to the Birds of Trinidad and Tobago (second ed.), Cornell University Press, Ithaca.
Frank-Hoeflich, K., L. F. Silveira, J. Estudillo-López, A. M. García-Koch, L. Ongay-Larios and D. Piñero. 2007. Increased taxon and character sampling reveals novel intergeneric relationships in the Cracidae (Aves: Galliformes). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 45(3):242–254.
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Title Illustrations
| Scientific Name | Ortalis vetula |
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| Location | Puerto Aventuras, Quinta Roo, Mexico |
| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Source | Chachalaca |
| Source Collection | Flickr |
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| Copyright | © 2006 Isidro Vila Verde |
| Scientific Name | Crax globulosa |
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| Location | captive at Antwerpen Zoo, Belgium |
| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Source | olé |
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| Copyright | © 2005 Frank Wouters |
| Scientific Name | Penelope jacquacu |
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| Location | captive at Antwerpen Zoo, Belgium |
| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Source | Spix's Guan |
| Source Collection | Flickr |
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| Copyright | © 2006 Frank Wouters |
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