Have you ever seen a wattled curassow before? These endangered creatures are mostly black-colored with curled crest feathers. Males usually sport white feathers and their female counterparts have a red and brown color. They like to snack on small fish, fruit, aquatic crustaceans, and other small animals. Wattled curassows usually hail from the Amazon rainforest and can be spotted in Peru, Brazil, Colombia, and Bolivia.
However, the number of these birds found in the wild are rapidly declining because of hunting, habitat loss, and predation. In Houston, you can spot a rare wattled curassow chick right here at the Houston Zoo.
The chick, who was born last year, is currently being raised by its parents. This is the first time parents are raising a wattled curassow chick at the Houston Zoo in nearly 30 years. Within the last 20 years, the Houston Zoo has managed to breed wattled curassow chicks and increase the number of birds in other zoos.
