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 LC    Hoatzin* Id (Atlas):
    Opisthocomus hoazin

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Hoatzin, Stinkbird, Canje Pheasant

Family
Opisthocomidae (Hoatzin)

Size
60 - 65 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Müller, 1776)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. Also, marshes, rivers.

Range (Guide)
Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.

East of Andes, from Colombia, Venezuela and the Guianas south to Ecuador, Peru, northern and central Brazil and Bolivia.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Habits
Gregarious. Usually observed clambering among branches of trees. Reluctant to flush.

Food
Herbivorous. Leaves and fruit.

Voice
Noisy. Calls include croaks, groans, grunts, hisses.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (26)...)

 
Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) [XC357279]
     by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from In\u00edrida, Guain\u00eda, Colombia (call)

 
Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) [XC296581]
     by Sebastian K. Herzog from R\u2019o Yanayacu area near Muyuna lodge, Loreto, Peru (call)

Nest
Composed of sticks, located in a tree over water. In small colonies.

Eggs (Guide)
2 - 3.

Young
Fed by regurgitation.

Subspecies
No subspecies.


References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) - 10 files


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