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Belem curassow
Preserved specimen of female at Naturalis Biodiversity Center
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Cracidae
Genus: Crax
Species:
C. fasciolata
Subspecies:
C. f. pinima
Trinomial name
Crax fasciolata pinima
Pelzeln, 1870

The Belem curassow (Crax fasciolata pinima) is a highly endangered subspecies of curassow endemic to Brazil. It is known as the Mytunxî in the Tupi language, the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List and BirdLife International have described it as a separate species since 2014, though some authorities including the International Ornithological Congress (IOC) still consider it a subspecies. This bird is critically endangered as its highly limited range is located within the most deforested part of Amazonia.[1] As with its relative, the Alagoas curassow, it was considered extinct in the wild (albeit with only five individuals in captivity) for many years due to most of its vital habitat being destroyed. However, the species was still listed as "critically endangered" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as suitable though very scant habitat remained.[2] After over 40 years of no confirmed wild records, a research team with the assistance of Pirahã guides managed to rediscover several in the Gurupi Biological Reserve in December 2017.[3] A recording of the birds' alarm calls was also taken and posted online.[4]

  1. ^ "Belem Curassow (Crax pinima) - BirdLife species factsheet". datazone.birdlife.org. Retrieved 2018-01-13.
  2. ^ "Crax pinima (Belem Curassow)". www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved 2018-01-13.
  3. ^ "Após 40 anos, o mutum-pinima enfim é encontrado | ((o))eco". www.oeco.org.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2018-01-13.
  4. ^ XC395276 Bare-faced Curassow (Crax fasciolata), retrieved 2018-01-13

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