Birds of Venezuela

    GALLIFORMES: Cracidae (Chachalacas, Curassows, Guans)  
Genus: Mitu (1 species, 4 worldwide)

Mitu is one of three genus of Curassow, the largest 'gamebird' in tropical America (80 cm.). Mitu curassow do not have knobbed bills, nor do they have a horn extending above the bill. Curassows move at all levels of the forest, eating insects and fruit.


Crestless Curassow
Crestless Curassow (Mitu tomentosum) Near Threatened
Venezuela  
   
Photograph by David Ascanio - www.abtbirds.com   © All Rights Reserved.



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