Birds of the World

Mitu is one of three genus of Curassow, the largest 'gamebird' in tropical America (80 cm.). Mitu curassow do not have knobbed bills, nor do they have a horn extending above the bill. Curassows move at all levels of the forest, eating insects and fruit.


Alagoas Curassow (Mitu mitu) Extinct in the Wild Range: SA: e Brazil Brazil
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Five birds were saved when the remaining forest in their isolated range was cut down. Now there are plans to breed these birds in captivity and one day release them. Note thin red bill.


Salvin's Curassow (Mitu salvini) Range: SA: w Amazonia Reserva Natural La Isla Escondida, Orito, Putumayo, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Unlike many species of curassow, the male and female Salvin's Curassow are virtually identical.


Crestless Curassow (Mitu tomentosum) Range: SA: n Amazonia Venezuela
Photograph by David Ascanio - www.abtbirds.com © All Rights Reserved.


Razor-billed Curassow (Mitu tuberosum) Near Threatened Range: SA: Amazonia s of the Amazon Peru
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

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Really Experimental sites:       Guyana       Cuba