Great Curassow - Great Curassow

Japanese: オオホウカンチョウ - おおほうかんちょう
Great Curassow - Great Curassow

…A general term for 44 species of birds in the Cracidae family of birds in the order Phasianidae. In the narrow sense, it can refer to the 12 species of curassowskies in the genus Cracidae, or to the great curassowskies, which were formerly called curassowskies. All birds in the Cracidae family are distributed from Mexico to South America, and live mainly in forests. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "great curassow" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…キジ目ホウカンチョウ科Cracidaeに含まれる44種の鳥の総称。狭義にはホウカンチョウ属に含まれる12種のホウカンチョウ類を指す場合と,かつてホウカンチョウと呼ばれていたオオホウカンチョウを指す場合とがある。ホウカンチョウ科の鳥は,すべてメキシコから南アメリカにかけて分布しており,おもに森林中に生息している。…

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