The genus Pauxi consists of the three species of helmeted curassows, terrestrial black fowl with ornamental casque on their heads. All are found in South America.
The helmeted curassow (Pauxi pauxi) or northern helmeted curassow, is a large terrestrial bird in the family Cracidae found in the subtropical cloud-forest in ...
Order: Galliformes
Family: Cracidae
Species: P. pauxi
This species has a very small population comprising very small subpopulations, which are declining owing to habitat loss and hunting. It therefore qualifies as ...
Origin uncertain; perhaps from post-classical Latin pauxi or American Spanish † pauxí, paují, perhaps ultimately from either Quechua or a Mayan language.
Effect on SACC: This would merge the cracid genus Mitu into Pauxi. ... but that the two genera were intermingled and the two Pauxi species were not sisters.