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 LC    Razor-billed Curassow* Id (Atlas):
    Mitu tuberosum

Description (10)
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Other Scientific Names
Crax tuberosa [BirdLife International (2004)], Crax tuberosa [Stotz et al. (1996)], Crax tuberosa [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)], Mitu tuberosa [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)]

Other Names (World)
Razor-billed Curassow, Greater Razor-billed Curassow, Amazonian Razor-billed Curassow

Family
Cracidae (Guans, Chachalacas, Curassows)

Size
83 - 89 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Spix, 1825)

Range (Guide)
Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Peru.

Amazonia, south of R Amazon, in extreme south-eastern Colombia, Brazil, Peru and Bolivia.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (17)...)

 
Razor-billed Curassow (Mitu tuberosum) [XC723312]
     by Nunes D\u00b4Acosta from Brit\u00e2nia, Brit\u00e2nia, Goi\u00e1s, Brazil (alarm call)

 
Razor-billed Curassow (Mitu tuberosum) [XC768944]
     by id from Cidel\u00e2ndia, Reserva da Suzano, Maranh\u00e3o: BR, Brazil (song)

Subspecies
All members of genus form superspecies. Often considered conspecific with Alagoas Curassow (Mitu mitu).

Has hybridized in captivity with several other species of curassow, including Blue-knobbed Curassow (Crax alberti), and some of these hybrids were fertile. Reported to be marginally sympatric with Salvin's Curassow (Mitu salvini) at some localities in Peru.

No subspecies.


References
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Files:
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