Cracid Hunting

Hunters of the Critically Endangered White-winged Guan (Penelope albipennis), both then (1800s) now (2006).

Images of (Left) Crested Guan and (Right) Great Curassow harvested in northern Guatemala.



A Helmeted Curassow (Pauxi pauxi) poached in Tama National Park, Colombia.
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"Casques" and bills from the Endangered Helemeted
Currasow (Pauzi pauzi) taken in Venezuela. This
ornamentation is sometimes kept by hunters as a trophy
of sorts after these rare birds are poached.