Chachalacas, Guans and Curassows (Cracidae)
Crestless Curassow (Mitu tomentosa) - HBW 2, p. 357
French: Hocco de Spix
German: Samthokko
Spanish: Paují Culicastaño
Other common names: Lesser Razor billed Curassow
Taxonomy: Crax tomentosa Spix, 1825, in Sylvis paludosis fl. Nigri prope pagum Barcellonam.
All members of genus form superspecies; all have been placed, together with the members of Pauxi, and less often Nothocrax, in Crax. Range meets that of M. salvini in C Colombia, without any evidence of interbreeding. Monotypic.
Distribution: Guyana, Venezuela S of R Orinoco, NW Brazil and E Colombia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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peaceful bird Locality Zoológico de Cali, Santiago de Cali, Valle del Cauca Department, Colombia
David Caro 17 December 2006 37 weeks ago 17 sec 3.3 -
Poor view of a bird walking close to river's edge Locality Junglaven, Ventuari River, Amazonas State, Venezuela (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 3 March 2002 5 years ago 10 sec 3.1 -
A close-up of a bird. Locality Sorocaba Zoo, Sorocaba, São Paulo State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 12 May 2011 18 weeks ago 24 sec 2.8
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A close-up of a bird.
Locality Sorocaba Zoo, Sorocaba, São Paulo State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 12 May 2011 18 weeks ago 2.8
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Calls and whistles of two birds. Locality Sorocaba Zoo, Sorocaba, São Paulo State, Brazil
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 12 May 2011 18 weeks ago 3
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