Mitu(bird)
| Mitu | |
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| Mitu tuberosum | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Galliformes |
| Family: | Cracidae |
| Subfamily: | Cracinae |
| Genus: | Mitu Lesson,1831 |
| Type species | |
| Ourax mitu[1] | |
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Mituis a genus ofcurassows,largebirdsin the familyCracidae.They are found in humid tropical forests inSouth America.Theirplumageis iridescent black with a white or rufous crissum (the area around thecloaca) and tail-tip, and their legs and bills are red. The genders are alike.
Species
[edit]| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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| Mitu tomentosum | Crestless curassow | Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, and Venezuela. | |
| Mitu mitu-extinct in the wild(mid-late 1980s) | Alagoas curassow | Northeastern Brazil | |
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Mitu salvini | Salvin's curassow | Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. |
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Mitu tuberosum | Razor-billed curassow | Amazon Rainforest |
References
[edit]- ^Peters, JL (1934).Check-list of birds of the world.Vol. 2. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. pp. 9–10.
- Hilty, Steven L (2003).Birds of Venezuela.London: Christopher Helm.ISBN0-7136-6418-5.
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