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Cracidae

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Also known as cracids

The chachalacas, guans, and curassows are birds in the family Cracidae. These are species of tropical and subtropical Central and South America. The range of one species, the plain chachalaca, just reaches southernmost parts of Texas in the United States. Two species, the Trinidad piping guan and the rufous-vented chachalaca occur on the islands of Trinidad and Tobago respectively.

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Cracidae is a family of birds within the order Galliformes. It belongs to the class Aves, phylum Chordata, and kingdom Animalia. The taxon is governed by the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. Its common name is hokkofamilien.

The taxon range for Cracidae is Brazil. Records from iDigBio indicate presence in the United States, Peru, and locations with no information provided. These records are held by institutions including UF, TTU, UMMP, CLO, and MZLU. The family has 18 records and one media item in this database, while GBIF lists an occurrence count of 1,559,560.

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Species

Cracidae

FAMILY

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassAves
  4. OrderGalliformes
  5. FamilyCracidae
Observations recorded1,559,560

凤冠雉科(学名:Cracidae)是鸡形目的一科,现存2个亚科11属。分布于中、南美洲的森林地区,一般群居。多数种类拥有冠羽,故名。 凤冠雉亚科(Cracinae) 夜冠雉属(Nothocrax) 盔嘴雉属(Mitu) 盔凤冠雉属(Pauxi) 凤冠雉属(Crax) 冠雉亚科(Penelopinae) 稚冠雉属(Ortalis) 冠雉属(Penelope) 盔凤冠雉属(Pipile) 肉垂冠雉属(Aburria) 镰翅冠雉属(Chamaepetes) 山冠雉属(Penelopina) 角冠雉属(Oreophasis) 参考资料 蓝色动物学 外部链接 Cracid Specialist Group - an origanzation of 200 'cracidologists' BirdPhotos.com - high resolution photos of most species Cracidae videos on the Internet Bird Collection Cracid sounds on xeno-canto.org 维基共享资源中相关的多媒体资源:凤冠雉科 取自“https://zh.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=凤冠雉科&oldid=25582528” 分类:鳳冠雉科 隐藏分类:本地相关图片与维基数据不同

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
18
With media
1
Family
Cracidae
Collections
UF, TTU, UMMP, CLO, MZLU, KU
Recorded in
United States, Peru, No Information

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Galliformes
Image
Crax daubentoni -Philadelphia Zoo -female-8a-4c.jpg
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taxon name
Cracidae
Commons category
Cracidae
taxon rank
family
topic's main category
Category:Cracidae
Commons gallery
Cracidae
taxon range
Brazil
taxon common name
hokkofamilien
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Encyclopedic overview

8 sections
Contents
  • Systematics and evolution
  • Internal Phylogeny
  • Classification
  • Evolution
  • Description
  • Behaviour and ecology
  • Footnotes
  • External links

The chachalacas, guans, and curassows are birds in the family Cracidae. These are species of tropical and subtropical Central and South America. The range of one species, the plain chachalaca, just reaches southernmost parts of Texas in the United States. Two species, the Trinidad piping guan and the rufous-vented chachalaca occur on the islands of Trinidad and Tobago respectively.

==Systematics and evolution== The family Cracidae was introduced (as Craxia) by the French polymath Constantine Samuel Rafinesque in 1815. The Cracidae are an ancient group that were thought to be related to the Australasian mound-builders of family Megapodiidae. The two families they were sometimes united in a distinct order, Craciformes, as in Munroe and Sibley's 1993 World Checklist of Birds. However, the group is not monophyletic and more recent phylogenetic studies have found Megapodiidae and Cracidae to be successive early branching lineages of Galliformes.

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