The hoatzin (/hoʊˈætsɪn/ hoh-AT-sin) or hoactzin (/hoʊˈæktsɪn/ hoh-AKT-sin) (Opisthocomus hoazin) is a species of tropical bird found in swamps, riparian...
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within the order Opisthocomiformes. The only living representative is the hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) which lives in the Amazon and the Orinoco delta in...
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Mirandornithes (flamingos and grebes) The three orphaned orders: Opisthocomiformes (hoatzin) Gruiformes (cranes and rails) Charadriiformes (shorebirds, gulls and alcids)...
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List of birds of Guyana (section Hoatzin)
Chlorestes notata Order: Opisthocomiformes Family: Opisthocomidae The Hoatzin is pheasant-sized, but much slimmer. It has a long tail and neck, but a...
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has evolved independently in several groups of mammals, and also in the hoatzin, a species of bird. Foregut fermentation is employed by ruminants and pseudoruminants...
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List of birds of South America (section Hoatzin)
Chlorestes notata (E-SA) Order: Opisthocomiformes Family: Opisthocomidae The hoatzin is pheasant-sized, but much slimmer. It has a long tail and neck, but a...
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Chrome Hill (band) (redirect from Hoatzin (album))
Explorer, 2018 This is Chrome Hill, 2020 Norway portal Jazz portal Damp: Hoatzin at puls.no (Norwegian article) Band description Archived 2011-07-24 at...
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Sargatal, Jordi (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 3, Hoatzin to Auks. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. pp. 60–81. ISBN 84-87334-20-2. Meine...
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Protoazin is an extinct genus of early hoatzin from late Eocene (about 36 mya) deposits of France. Gerald Mayr and Vanesa L. De Pietri (2014). "Earliest...
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2 ft) in height. Davies, S.J.J.F. (2003). "Birds I Tinamous and Ratites to Hoatzins". In Hutchins, Michael. Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. 8 (2nd ed.)...
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slow to digest, and contain little energy relative to other foods. The hoatzin is an example of a flighted, folivorous bird. There are, however, many...
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List of birds of Peru (section Hoatzin)
Chlorestes cyanus Order: Opisthocomiformes Family: Opisthocomidae The hoatzin is pheasant-sized, but much slimmer. It has a long tail and neck, but a...
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Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (December 2023). "Hoatzin, New World vultures, Secretarybird, raptors". IOC World Bird List Version...
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(39 in), with a wingspan of 2.1 m (83 in) and a weight of 8 kg (17.6 lb). Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin), the only member of its order, is a pheasant-sized...
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Apodiformes (swifts and hummingbirds) Opisthocomiformes Opisthocomiformes (hoatzin) Cursorimorphae Charadriiformes (gulls and relatives) Gruiformes (cranes...
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features. Some birds, such as ducks, swans, Jacanas (Jacana sp.), and the hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin), have them concealed beneath their leg-feathers....
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List of birds of Brazil (section Hoatzin)
Amethyst woodstar Order: Opisthocomiformes Family: Opisthocomidae The hoatzin is pheasant-sized, but much slimmer. It has a long tail and neck, but a...
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some very small orders, often birds of unclear relationships like the hoatzin. The neognaths have fused metacarpals, an elongate third finger, and 13...
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Family Otididae: bustards South America; 1 species Family Opisthocomidae: hoatzin Worldwide; 164 species Suborder Grui: cranes and allies Family Gruidae:...
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domestic chicken, many species of ducks and geese, waders, rails, and the hoatzin. Precocial birds can provide protein-rich eggs and thus their young hatch...
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Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (December 2023). "Hoatzin, New World vultures, Secretarybird, raptors". IOC World Bird List Version...
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Apodiformes (swifts and hummingbirds) Opisthocomiformes Opisthocomiformes (hoatzin) Cursorimorphae Charadriiformes (gulls and relatives) Gruiformes (cranes...
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Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. Vol. 8 Birds I Tinamous and Ratites to Hoatzins (2nd ed.). Farmington Hills, Michigan: Gale Group. pp. 83–87. ISBN 978-0-7876-5784-0...
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baby flamingo in The Nine Banded Armadillo. As well as this, Paolo the Hoatzin, a character from season 2's special, The Rainforest Rescue, returns in...
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Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2022). "Hoatzin, New World vultures, Secretarybird, raptors". IOC World Bird List Version...
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Sargatal, J. (editors). (1996) Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 3: Hoatzin to Auks. Lynx Edicions. ISBN 84-87334-20-2 New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary...
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the Cuculiformes, which also includes the roadrunners, the anis, and the hoatzin. It is a medium-sized member of its genus and is found in lightly-wooded...
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stomach, as well as in sloths, macropodids, some monkeys, and one bird, the hoatzin. Hindgut fermenters generally have a cecum and large intestine that are...
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"Ostriches". In Hutchins, Michael (ed.). Birds I Tinamous and Ratites to Hoatzins. Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. Vol. 8 (2nd ed.). Farmington Hills...
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