
Crestless Curassows
Mitu
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.
5 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 4 known species

Crestless Curassow
speciesMitu tomentosum

Razor-billed Curassow
speciesMitu tuberosum

Salvin's Curassow
speciesMitu salvini

Alagoas × Razor-billed Curassow
hybridMitu mitu × tuberosum

Alagoas Curassow
speciesMitu mitu
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 2096.