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
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