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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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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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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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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