As nouns the difference between pauxi and curassow
is that pauxi is a curassow (Ourax pauxi), often domesticated in South America while curassow is any of several species of bird in the genera Nothocrax, Mitu, Pauxi, and Crax of the Cracidae family, limited to the Americas.
curassow
Noun
(
en noun)
Any of several species of bird in the genera Nothocrax'', ''Mitu'', ''Pauxi'', and ''Crax of the Cracidae family, limited to the Americas.
Derived terms
* (
Alagoas curassow)
* (
bare-faced curassow)
* (
black curassow)
* (
blue-knobbed curassow)
* (
crestless curassow)
* (
great curassow)
* (
nocturnal curassow)
* (
northern helmeted curassow)
* (
razor-billed curassow)
* (
red-knobbed curassow)
* (
vern,
Salvin's curassow)
* (
southern helmeted curassow)
* (
wattled curassow)
* (
yellow-knobbed curassow)