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Of the two large cracids of the region Great Curassow is reported with much greater
frequency, which is to say every two to three years or so. This species diappears rapidly in the face of any human
incursion into forested areas, and is likely hanging on by a thread in its Panamanian range. Sporadic reports in the last
decade have come from Gamboa, Cerro Jefe, and Pipeline Road. In September of 2006 Carlos Bethancourt spotted one crossing Pipeline
Road as he drove the Canopy Tower's Bird-Mobile; he stopped immediately, but only two of his charges in the back stood up quickly enough to get
a look at the bird. Remember that, unlike other cracids, Great Curassows are largely terrestrial.
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