Would you like to hear about this wonderful bird known as Mitu tuberosum or commonly known as Razor-billed Curassow?  Mitu tuberosum is a species of bird in the Cracidea family. Mitu tuberosum usually are encountered as pairs or sometimes as a single individual.  The Mitu tuberosum was formly treated as a subspecies of mitu mitu.  But today   this scientific name is restricted to the extremely rare alagoa.  

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The size of the Mitu tuberosum is 83-89cm.  Their color is mostly black, but on the tip of their tail they have white.  A shorter name or the common name for the Mitu tuberosum is the Razor-billed Curassow.  You can find this unique bird throughout the large part of the Amazon Rainforest.  

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Mitu tuberosum occurs mostly in lowland primary forest in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.  Sometimes it is found through a large part of the Amazon Rain forest, though largely restricted to regions south of the Amazon river.  With only 300 wild living animals, the Razor-billed Curassow is endangered.  

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The Mitu tuberosum primarily takes fruits from the forest floor.  

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This unique bird has something unique about its self.  From doing this research and studying about this bird I had learn something's about it that I really liked.

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Author: Sydra M.

Published: February, 2014

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Sources:

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mitu_tuberosa_Whaldener_Endo.jpg

http://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/portal/species/lifehistory?p_p_spp=81191

http://thewebsiteofeverything.com/animals/birds/Galliformes/Cracidae/Mitu-tuberosum

http://www.arkive.org/razor-billed-curassow/mitu-tuberosum/

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Razor-billed_Curassow