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.
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 | |