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What type of animal is South America's endangered "horned curassow"?

Question #149726. Asked by psnz.
Last updated Aug 30 2023.
Originally posted Aug 30 2023 8:08 PM.

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It is a bird.
It was first described by James Bond and Rodolphe Meyer de Schauensee in 1939 from a specimen collected in Bolivia, and further birds that were described from Peru in 1971 were thought to be a new subspecies. However, the taxonomical position (as subspecies or independent species) of the birds found in Peru in 1971 is unclear. The horned curassow as originally described is endemic to Bolivia.[2] It is a large, predominantly black bird with a distinctive casque on its forehead.

BTW, this is NOT the 007 James Bond, but rather an ornithologist who was born before the fictional spy. The curassow is listed as vulnerable due to habitat loss.

link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horned_curassow

Response last updated by BigTriviaDawg on Aug 30 2023.
Aug 30 2023, 8:12 PM
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