Razor-billed Curassow Mitu tuberosum Scientific name definitions

K. C. Udoye and Thomas S. Schulenberg
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated June 29, 2012

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Recommended Citation

Udoye, K. C. and T. S. Schulenberg (2020). Razor-billed Curassow (Mitu tuberosum), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.rabcur2.01
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