Crestless Curassow (Mitu tomentosum)

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

Other Names (World)
Crestless Curassow, Lesser Razor-billed Curassow

Family
Cracidae (Guans, Chachalacas, Curassows)

Size
75 - 85 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Spix, 1825)

Range (Guide)

Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Venezuela.

Guyana, Venezuela south of R Orinoco, north-western Brazil and eastern Colombia.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status NT
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (22)...)

Crestless Curassow (Mitu tomentosum) [XC390083]
by GABRIEL LEITE from Anavilhanas, Amazonas, Brazil (call)

Crestless Curassow (Mitu tomentosum) [XC117334]
by Mauricio \u00c1lvarez Rebolledo (Colecci\u00f3n de Sonidos Ambientales - Instituto Humboldt) from PNN Chiribiquete, Solano, Caquet\u00e1, Colombia (song)

Subspecies
All members of genus form superspecies. Range meets that of Salvin's Curassow (Mitu salvini) in central Colombia, without any evidence of interbreeding.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

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