Salvin's Curassow
Mitu salviniReinhardt, JT, 1879
English (US) Salvin's Curassow
The Salvin's Curassow (Mitu salvini) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Cracidae (Guans, Curassows, and Chachalacas) in the order Galliformes.
Range: humid lowlands of southern Colombia to eastern Ecuador and northeastern PeruRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Mitu salvini
- Order
- Galliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Salvin's Curassow
- Described by
- Reinhardt, JT, 1879
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Mitua salvini
- Described by
- Reinhardt, JT, 1879
- Type locality
- No locality = eastern Ecuador.
- Original description
- Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i København p.5
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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