Southern Helmeted Curassow

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Southern Helmeted Curassow
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Cracidae
Genus: Pauxi
Species: P. unicornis
Binomial name
Pauxi unicornis
Bond & Meyer de Schauensee, 1939
Synonyms
Crax unicornis (Bond & Meyer de Schauensee, 1939)
Pauxi unicornis Bond & Meyer de Schauensee, 1939

The Southern Helmeted Curassow (Pauxi unicornis) is a species of bird in the Cracidae family. It is found in Bolivia and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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