Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2009
Abstract
Great Curassow (Crax rubra) and Crested Guan (Penelope purpurascens) were rediscovered in the Ciudad Victoria area of southwestern Tamaulipas, Mexico for the first time since 1909. Birds were found in low elevation canyons containing permanent running water, with riparian forest dominated by Montezuma bald-cypress (Taxodium mucronatum) and steep scrub-covered slopes. These records represent the northernmost known points of the ranges of both species. Additional field work will be needed to determine whether these small populations are isolated from the nearest known populations in the El Cielo/Gómez Farías area of southern Tamaulipas.
Recommended Citation
Brush, Timothy. 2009. “GREAT CURASSOW AND CRESTED GUAN NEAR CIUDAD VICTORIA, TAMAULIPAS, MEXICO.” Bulletin of the Cracid Specialist Group 27: 10–19. https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/bio_fac/410
First Page
10
Last Page
19
Publication Title
Bulletin of the Cracid Specialist Group
Comments
In English, Spanish, Portuguese. Preserved in ScholarWorks.