It is primarily restricted to gallery forests and tall scrub, but also lowland deciduous and evergreen forest, mostly at 100-800 m in Venezuela and up to 1,500 m in Colombia (del Hoyo 1994, Strahl et al. 1994, Strahl and Silva 1997, Bertsch and Barreto 2008, del Hoyo and Kirwan 2020). It rarely strays more than 250 m from forest cover (Buchholz and Bertsch 2006).

Crax daubentoni occurs in north and northwest Venezuela (north of the río Orinoco, Maracaibo basin, locally in Monagas and Sucre), and at a few localities in adjacent northeast Colombia (Sierra de Perijá and northern Llanos).

Conservation Actions Underway
The species is listed as Endangered at the national level in Colombia (Renjifo et al. 2016). It occurs in several protected areas across its range.

Conservation Actions Proposed
Survey to determine the population size. Conduct long-term demographic studies to determine fecundity, mortality and dispersal ability. Quantify the impact of hunting on the population size. Monitor the population trend.
Protect areas of suitable habitat within the range. Effectively enforce hunting restrictions in protected areas. Establish educational programmes aimed at decreasing hunting pressure.