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Weight (kg)
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Average = 3,4 (25 interviewees)
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3,5 - Mitu tomentosa (Souza-Mazurek et al. 2000); 3,06 - Mitu tuberosa [25]
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Number of eggs
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2 (16 interviewees)
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2 to 6 eggs - Crax globulosa [13]
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Food
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Assai palm, seringa tree, bacaba palm, others fruits, worm (all interviewees)
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M. tuberosa - Fruits (52%), leaves (8%), invertebrates (12%), vertebrates (12%) [28]
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Habitat
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Water-edge and interior primary forest (all interviewees)
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"Riverside and forest" [30]; "...especially curassows, are associated with and dependent on pristine habitat" [26]
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Social Behaviour
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The curassows live in pairs or groups of up to seven individuals (all interviewees)
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"Curassows were sometimes sighted in groups of two or more individuals interacting or engaging in synchronous behaviour" [30]; "C. globulosa live in pairs" [13]
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