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One of these birds, the curl-crested manucode, is found on all three major islands of the D'Entrecasteaux group and in the Trobriand Islands.
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Imagine it this way: You think you know every bird in the world, and then someone shows you a curl-crested aracari.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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Imagine it this way: You think you know every bird in the world, and then someone shows you a curl-crested aracari.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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_Ramphastos Cuvieri_, the _Pteroglossus Beauharnaisii_, or curl-crested tucano, etc., extremely common, especially farther north, near the borders of the Amazon.
Across Unknown South America Arnold Henry Savage Landor 1894
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When passing down this road, I at times saw the fine curl-crested curassow (Crax globicera), as large as a turkey, jet black, excepting underneath.
The Naturalist in Nicaragua Thomas Belt 1855
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