Sira curassow
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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]
Sira curassow | |
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Scientific 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 |
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]