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title: "Bare-faced Curassow"
description: "Crax fasciolata — Aves. The bare-faced curassow (Crax fasciolata) is a species of bird in the family Cracidae, the chachalacas, guans, curassows, etc."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/bare-faced-curassow
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Bare-faced Curassow

> Crax fasciolata — Aves. The bare-faced curassow (Crax fasciolata) is a species of bird in the family Cracidae, the chachalacas, guans, curassows, etc.

- Scientific name: *Crax fasciolata*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 2129
- Wikidata: [Q1267247](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1267247)
- iNaturalist taxon: [2046](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/2046)

## Names

- en: Bare-faced Curassow
- de: Nacktgesichthokko
- es: Pavón muitú
- fr: Hocco à face nue
- nl: Maskerhokko
- pl: Czubacz gołolicy

## Countries with the most observations

BR (1742), AR (95), BO (14), PY (12)

## Summary

The bare-faced curassow (Crax fasciolata) is a species of bird in the family Cracidae, the chachalacas, guans, curassows, etc. It is found in Brazil, Paraguay, and eastern Bolivia, and extreme northeast Argentina, in the cerrado, pantanal, and the southeastern region of the Amazon basin. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bare-faced_curassow

## Photo

![Bare-faced Curassow](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/bare-faced-curassow/medium.jpg)

Photo: Paulo Mascaretti · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/133897399

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/bare-faced-curassow?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).