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Alagoas curassow
The Alagoas curassow (''Mitu mitu'') is a glossy-black, pheasant-like bird. It was formerly found in forests in north eastern parts of Brazil such as Pernambuco and Alagoas (hence its name) (Harry 2006), but it is now extinct in the wild; there are about 130 members in captivity.
German naturalist J. Marcgrave first identified the Alagoas curassow in 1648 along the north-eastern coast of Brazil. However, in later years, opinion about the origin and legitimacy of the bird began to arise due to the lack of evidence. It was only after 1951, in the coastal forests of Alagoas, North-East Brazil, where an adult female curassow was rediscovered. It was then that the ''Mitu mitu'' began to be regarded as a specific taxon (Silveira).
In the forests of São Miguel dos Campos the ''Mitu mitu'' was detected, again in 1951. At that time fewer than 60 birds were left in the wild (Silveira). Several authors in the 1970s brought to light the growing destruction of its habitat and the rarity of the species. Even with all of this concern, the last large forest remnants where the ''Mitu mitu'' lived were demolished to make space for sugarcane plantations (Silveira).
==Description==
The Alagoas curassow measures a length of approximately . Feathers covering its body are black and glossy, with a blue-purple hue to it (BirdLife International 2013). ''Mitu mitu'' also has a large, bright red beak with a white tip, the beak flattened at its sides. The same red coloration on found on its legs and feet. The tips of its tails are light brown in color, with chestnut colored feathers under its tail. It has a unique grey colored, crescent-shaped path of bare skin covering its ears, not found in other curassows (Harry 2006). The distinct coloration separates ''M.mitu'' as its own species apart from other curassow. Differences between the males and females of the species are not too distinct: females tend to be lighter in color and slightly smaller in size (Sick 1980). The birds can live to more than twenty four years old in captivity (The Website of Everything 2010). Videos recorded in captivity show that the cracid sporadically makes a high-pitched chirping sound, you can (view this here ).
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