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Alagoas Curassow Mitu mitu



Family: Cracidae (Guans, Chachalacas, Curassows)

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1766)

Red List Category

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Justification of Red List category
The last (unconfirmed) sighting of this species was in the late 1980s and it is now considered Extinct in the Wild. There are two captive populations. An apparently suitable forest remnant has been identified for future reintroduction efforts.



Population size: unknown

Population trend:

Country endemic: yes

Attributes
Land-mass type - continent
Realm - Neotropical
IUCN System - Terrestrial

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Alagoas Curassow Mitu mitu. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/alagoas-curassow-mitu-mitu on 22/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 22/12/2024.