Hughes. Salvin's Razor-billed Curassow. 2003. oil on canvas

HUGHES, NIGEL

Salvin’s Razor-billed Curassow (Mitu salvini) 2003, oil on canvas, 965 x 760 mm., framed

This bird was first described by J.T. Reinhardt (Danish) and named after his English associate Osbert Salvin in 1879. Categorised as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.

The painting was exhibited at the Copenhagen University Museum of Natural History (now the new Natural History Museum of Denmark).