INSIGHTS INTO THE HABITS OF THE ELUSIVE NOCTURNAL CURASSOW (NOTHOCRAX URUMUTUM)

Andrés Link; Sara Alvarez-Solas; John Blake; Felipe Campos; Santiago Espinosa; Pablo Medrano-Vizcaíno; Diego Mosquera; Esteban Payán; María Cristina Peñuela; Julia Salvador; Leonor Valenzuela

doi:10.58843/ornneo.v33i1.1051

INSIGHTS INTO THE HABITS OF THE ELUSIVE NOCTURNAL CURASSOW (NOTHOCRAX URUMUTUM)

Andrés Link
, Sara Alvarez-Solas^*
, John Blake
, Felipe Campos
, Santiago Espinosa
, Pablo Medrano-Vizcaíno
, Diego Mosquera
, Esteban Payán
, María Cristina Peñuela
, Julia Salvador
, Leonor Valenzuela

^*Corresponding author for this work

Instituto de Biósfera

Universidad de los Andes Colombia
Universidad San Francisco de Quito
Universidad Regional Amazónica Ikiam
University of Florida
Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INABIO)
Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador Sede Manabi
University of Reading
Ministerio del Ambiente del Ecuador
University College London
Zoological Society of London
Wildlife Conservation Society – Ecuador

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Abstract

· Nocturnal Curassows (Nothocrax urumutum) are enigmatic birds from South American rainforests. Their elusive habits and nocturnal vocal behavior have led to the generalized assumption that they are primarily nocturnal. Here, we compiled camera trap data from long-term projects in the Amazon rainforest and the Andes foothills to describe the temporal activity of Nocturnal Curassows. Based on an overall sampling effort of 68,838 camera-days (operated for 24-hour periods), we obtained 274 independent records of their activity. Results of this study showed that Nocturnal Curassows have diurnal habits and that their activity pattern resembles those of other cracids more than previously assumed. This study highlights the use of field technologies and collaborative research towards a better understanding of the natural history, ecology, and behavior of animals with cryptic behaviors, such as the Nocturnal Curassow.

Translated title of the contribution	Resumen · Notas sobre los hábitos del huidizo paujil nocturno (Nothocrax urumutum)
Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	74-78
Number of pages	5
Journal	Ornitologia Neotropical
Volume	33
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.58843/ornneo.v33i1.1051
State	Published - 2022

Keywords

Activity patterns
Amazonia
Cracidae
Crepuscular
Cryptic behavior

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