cuirassiers
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You won’t see deer, tapir, peccaries, monkeys or chicken-like curassows anywhere within trekking distance of habitation; they’ve all been eaten.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026
Blue-billed curassows are native to Colombia and were once found in the northern portions of the country.
From Washington Post • Aug. 31, 2022
Typically, female curassows incubate their eggs for 29 to 31 days, but Jackie didn’t “show interest in incubating her eggs,” zoo officials said in a statement.
From Washington Post • Aug. 31, 2022
The International Union for Conservation of Nature considers them “critically endangered,” and there are roughly 1,000 to 2,500 blue-billed curassows in the wild.
From Washington Post • Aug. 31, 2022
When the great curassows reached the spot it was with a rush of wings that startled all 95the other creatures to the point of panic.
From The Black Phantom by Miller, Leo E. (Leo Edward)
