Mitu (bird)

Mitu
Mitu tuberosum
Scientific classification
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)
Species
M. tomentosum M. mitu M. salvini M. tuberosum

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
	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

1. 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. ISBN   0-7136-6418-5.