Biology:Mitu (bird)
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Short description: Genus of birds
Mitu | |
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Mitu tuberosum | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Galliformes |
Family: | Cracidae |
Subfamily: | Cracinae |
Genus: | Mitu Lesson, 1831 |
Type species | |
Ourax mitu[1] Temminck ( = Crax mitu Linnaeus)
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Species | |
M. tomentosum |
Mitu is a genus of curassows, large birds in the family Cracidae. They are found in humid tropical forests in South America. Their plumage is iridescent black with a white or rufous crissum (the area around the cloaca) and tail-tip, and their legs and bills are red. The genders are alike.
Species
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 | |
Mitu salvini | Salvin's curassow | Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. | |
Mitu tuberosum | Razor-billed curassow | Amazon Rainforest |
References
- ↑ Peters, JL (1934). Check-list of birds of the world. 2. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. pp. 9–10. https://archive.org/stream/checklistofbirds21934pete#page/9/mode/1up.
- Hilty, Steven L (2003). Birds of Venezuela. London: Christopher Helm. ISBN 0-7136-6418-5.
Wikidata ☰ Q2663394 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitu (bird).
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