Extinct in the wild, a Brazilian bird makes a tentative return to the jungle

Mongabay
Dec 2, 2019, 1:42 pm491 ptsHot
Extinct in its habitat for at least three decades, the Alagoas curassow (Pauxi mitu) is now back in the jungle and facing a test of survival, thanks to the joint efforts of more than a dozen institutions to pull this pheasant-like bird back from the brink. Three pairs of curassows were reintroduced a month and…

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