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Unique Animals Continued

Helmeted Curassow FEATHERS
AND SCALES
Pauxi pauxi

Sex: Female
Arrival: August 2021, donation from Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo in Indiana

Native habitat: Columbia and Venezuela; dense, subtropical
cloud forests in mountainous regions
Facts: With its large body, blue-black feathers, and red bill, the helmeted
curassow is a striking-looking bird. It gets its name from the blue-grey casque, Bird
or “helmet,” on its forehead. Helmeted curassows roost and nest in trees.
Otherwise, they are usually found on the forest floor where they forage with the
for fallen fruit, seeds, insects, small animals, and vegetation. They are
Coolest
endangered due to deforestation and poaching. Headgear

One of
the World’s

Tiniest
Seahorses

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