Pauxi pauxi (Northern Helmeted Curassow)

Northern Helmeted Curassow

Dutch: Helmhokko

Order: Galliformes
Family: Cracidae
Genus: Pauxi
Species: Pauxi pauxi




Many thanks to the Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt, for allowing us to photograph this specimen.

Side, top and bottom view of skull. (Click on image to enlarge)

Length: 93 mm
Length cranium: 58 mm
Width (cranium): 40 mm
Height (cranium): 32 mm
Alternative names: Helmetes Curassow (en) Helmhokko (German), Hocco à pierre (French), Paují de Yelmo (Spanish)


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