Order
Galliformes
Family
Cracidae
Genus
Mitu
 
Neotropical Birds
Version  1.0
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Razor-billed Curassow Mitu tuberosum

K. C. Udoye and Thomas S. Schulenberg
Version: 1.0 — Published June 29, 2012

References

Introduction

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Begazo, A.J. 1997. Use and conservation of the Cracidae in the Peruvian Amazon. Pages 449-459 in S.D. Strahl, S. Beaujon, D.M. Brooks, A.J. Begazo, G. Sedaghatkish, and F. Olmos (editors), The Cracidae: their biology and conservation. Hancock House Publishers, Blaine, Washington.

Begazo, A.J., and R.E. Bodmer. 1998. Use and conservation of the Cracidae (Aves: Galliformes) in the Peruvian Amazon. Oryx 32: 301-309.

BirdLife International. 2011. Species factsheet: Razor-billed Curassow Mitu tubersosum. Downloaded from BirdLife International on 27 May 2011.

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Gutiérrez G, R. 1997. Observaciones de la población de Mitu tuberosa (Linnaeus, 1766) en el Parque Nacional del Manú, Perú. Pages 80-88 in S.D. Strahl, S. Beaujon, D.M. Brooks, A.J. Begazo, G. Sedaghatkish, and F. Olmos (editors), The Cracidae: their biology and conservation. Hancock House Publishers, Blaine, Washington.

Hoffstater, Paulo G., and Ana M. Guaraldo. "Eimeria Abmitu N. Sp. (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from the Razor-billed Curassow Mitu tuberosum Spix (Galliformes: Cracidae)." Syst Parasitol 78.69-71 (2011).

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Scheuerman, R.G. 1977.Hallazgos del paujil Crax mitu (Aves: Cracidae) al norte del Río Amazonas y notas sobre su distribución. Lozania (Acta Zoologica Colombiana) number 22.

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Torres C., B. 1997. Densidades poblacionales de la comunidad de Crácidos en el Parque Nacional Manú (Perú). Pages 376-400 in S.D. Strahl, S. Beaujon, D.M. Brooks, A.J. Begazo, G. Sedaghatkish, and F. Olmos (editors), The Cracidae: their biology and conservation. Hancock House Publishers, Blaine, Washington.

Vaurie, C. 1967.Systematic notes on the bird family Cracidae. No. 10. The genera Mitu and Pauxi and the generic relationships of the Cracini. American Museum Novitates number 2307.

Wallace, R.B., R.L.E. Painter, D.I. Rumiz, L. Sainz, and A.B. Taber. 2001. Comparative ecology of cracids in northern Dpto. Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Pages 68-86 in D.M. Brooks and F. Gonzales-Garcia (editors), Cracid ecology and conservation in the new millenium. Miscellanous Publications of the Houston Museum of Natural Science number 2. Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston, Texas.

Recommended Citation

Udoye, K. C. and T. S. Schulenberg (2012). Razor-billed Curassow (Mitu tuberosum), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/nb.rabcur2.01
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