The bare-faced curassow has a bare black area on its face and a curled crest. It forages on the ground for fruit and seeds.
The male has a black body, white belly, and yellow bill. The female is reddish brown and barred; both sexes have bare black facial skin and a curled crest.
Bare-faced Curassows inhabit South American forests, forage on the ground and nest in trees. They disperse seeds and use habitats including gallery forests.
Birds brought from Brazil in 2019 were acclimatized and released in Iberá. The project’s first three chicks hatched in 2021, leaving their nests early but staying near their parents for several weeks.
Chicks were subsequently lost, mainly to a wild cat, and wildfires in January 2022 required evacuation of enclosed birds. Monitoring and care continued beyond release.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.
Hunting and habitat loss and fragmentation are threats. At Iberá, acclimatization, reintroduction, breeding monitoring and fire response have formed part of conservation work.