Crax blumenbachii

The feathers of the body are all black, with a white patch in the lower abdomen, and the crown is very beautiful, like the crown of the phoenix when unfolded, with a bright red beak shell, the tip of the red beak shell is still gray and black, but the female beak shell is not bright, even not red.

It is found in the Atlantic Forest of Espirito Santo, Bahia and Minas Gerais, southeast Brazil.

The red-billed official bird (Crax blumenbachii), also known as the red-billed pheasant, is a type of crested pheasant endemic to Brazil. As the name suggests, the male's beak is red, but the female's is not.

           Although they are not very strong in flight, they can shuttle between the forests for food with their strong and slender legs. They especially like to eat some seeds and fruits of plants in the soil, and occasionally catch some frogs or insects to eat, but they will also fly to the branches when they sleep at night.

           The number of red-billed official birds is not large, only in the southeast of Brazil, Espirito Santo State and other three areas have distribution, most of the population are hidden in the forest, has been listed as one of the endangered species by the United Nations, they even because of deforestation, excessive hunting and other extinctions in Minas Gerais, so now people begin to strengthen their protection. The state of Rio de Janeiro is also continuing to introduce the species. It is one of the endangered wildlife List of the United Nations.

International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List Protection level: Endangered Species (EN).

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