Blue-billed curassow  (Crax alberti)

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Glossary

Cere: In birds, an area of skin at the base of the upper mandible surrounding the nostrils.
Cracid: Species belonging to the cracidae family.
Endemic: A species or taxonomic group that is only found in one particular country or geographic area.
Monogamy: Mating with a single partner.
Wattles: Bare fleshy skin that hangs from the bill, throat or eye of birds.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (January, 2006)
    http://www.redlist.org
  2. BirdLife International (April, 2006)
    http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=104&m=0
  3. CITES (April, 2006)
    http://www.cites.org
  4. bp conservation programme projects - Saving the Blue-Billed Curassow: Implementing Urgent Conservation Actions (April, 2006)
    http://conservation.bp.com/projects/F500505_proj.asp
  5. del Hoyo, J., Elliot, A. and Sargatal, J. (1992) Handbook of Birds of the World, Volume 2 - New World vultures to guineafowl. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
  6. Escuela de Ingenieria de Antioquia (April, 2006)
    http://biologia.eia.edu.co/ecologia/estudiantes/pajuil.htm
  7. BirdLife International: Curassow reserve is a model of local-meets-global conservation (April, 2006)
    http://www.birdlife.org/news/features/2004/07/curassow.html
  8. South Lakes Wild Animal Park: Fundación Ecolombia: An Integral Approach to Fighting Illegal Traffic of Fauna in Colombia (April, 2006)
    http://www.wildanimalpark.co.uk/conservation/ecolombia/fundaci%C3%B3n_ecolombia.htm