The New Neotropical Companion

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Plate 15- 8. Male (left) and female (right) Great Curassows (Crax rubra). Where they enjoy protection from hunting, such as around
ecolodges, curassows become much easier to observe. Photo by Steve Bird.


Plate 15- 9. The Spot- winged Wood- Quail (Odontophorus
capueira) is found in southeastern Amazonia. This one is
making haste within the shaded forest. Photo by Andrew
Whittaker.


Plate 15- 10. The Starred Wood- Quail (Odontophorus stellatus),
in a rare clear view that any birder would envy, occurs in a
relatively wide range in western Amazonia. Photo by Sean
Williams.

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