Sira curassow

Sira curassow
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Cracidae
Genus: Pauxi
Species:
P. koepckeae
Binomial name
Pauxi koepckeae
Weske & Terborgh, 1971
Synonyms

Pauxi unicornis koepckeae

The Sira curassow (Pauxi koepckeae) is a species of bird in the family Cracidae. It is found in the Cerros del Sira in central Peru. Its natural habitat is tropical, moist, montane cloud forest.[2]

It was first discovered in 1969, when a male and female were recovered (unfortunately the female specimen was accidentally eaten),[3] and was not recorded by scientists again until 2000 and 2003, when local Asháninka people were shown pictures of the birds and respectively 1 and 14 people recalled having seen or hunted them in the past few years.[4][5][note 1]

The name 'Sira curassow' was proposed as a new English common name in 2011 by Gastañaga et al. to replace the previous 'horned curassow',[6] in 2012 this proposal was adopted by most of her colleagues.[7] In the Asháninka language of the area the bird is known as quiyuri according to Weske & Terborgh [1971],[3][4] piyori according to the report 'Nombres Asháninka de las Aves en la Cordillera el Sira' by González [1998],[4] or piuri according to Gastañaga [2005].[5]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Pauxi koepckeae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T45090459A126994703. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T45090459A126994703.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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