The Crax alberti, known as Colombian Curassow is critically endangered, at the national level. A bird is on average 91 cm long and weigh about 8 kilos, with its shiny black feathers, except for the tip of its tail and abdomen where its color is white; Differentiating them is easy because the male has caruncles on its beak. (fleshiness) and blue wax and the female lacks prominences but the base is also blue, its brown lower parts, breast and tail with white lines and has a reddish phase.

Usually the Curassow lives in warm cloudy forests less than 1,500 m, It is a species threatened by the systematic and massive destruction of its habitat, found in pairs where its diet is based on seeds., Lizards, insects and small animals. In Colombia they are still found from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, the lower area of ​​the Magdalena River, This has been a victim species due to illegal wildlife trafficking, since its commercialization was frequent and it was often found as a domestic animal.