Resumen:
Nocturnal Curassows (Nothocrax urumutum) are enigmac birds from South American rainforests. Their elusive habits and noctur-nal vocal behavior have led to the generalized assumpon that they are primarily nocturnal. Here, we compiled camera trap da ta from long-term projects in the Amazon rainforest and the Andes foothills to describe the temporal acvity of Nocturnal Curassows. Base d on an overall sampling eort of 68,838 camera-days (operated for 24-hour periods), we obtained 274 independent records of their acvity. Results of this study showed that Nocturnal Curassows have diurnal habits and that their acvity paern resembles those of other cracids more than previ-ously assumed. This study highlights the use of eld technologies and collaborave research towards a beer understanding of the natural history, ecology, and behavior of animals with crypc behaviors, such as the Nocturnal Curassow.
