Northern helmeted curassow  (Pauxi pauxi)

Range

The northern helmeted curassow is found on the eastern Andes of west Venezuela and neighbouring north-east Colombia (2) (6).

View a distribution map for this species at UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre.

Habitat

This species is confined to subtropical cloud-forest in steep, mountainous regions between 500 and 2,200 m (mostly 1,000 to 1,500 m) above sea level (2), where it favours humid gorges with plenty of undergrowth and avoids forest edges (2) (6).

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