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Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderGalliformes
- FamilyCracidae
Observations recorded18,329
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 8
- Family
- Cracidae
- Collections
- LSUMZ, CAS, WAM
- Recorded in
- Peru, Bolivia, Australia
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Encyclopedic overview
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
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mitu” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.