Stinkbird vs Hoatzin - What's the difference?
stinkbird | hoatzin | Synonyms |
A bird, Opisthocomus hoazin , with claws on the wing fingers of the juvenile and an enlarged crop used as a rumen.
* 1999 , Pat Shipman, Taking Wing: Archaeopteryx and the Evolution of Bird Flight ,
* 2006 , Buddy Davis, Kay Davis, Breathtaking Birds ,
* 2011 , John Kricher, Tropical Ecology ,
Stinkbird is a synonym of hoatzin.
As nouns the difference between stinkbird and hoatzin
is that stinkbird is the hoatzin while hoatzin is a bird, opisthocomus hoazin , with claws on the wing fingers of the juvenile and an enlarged crop used as a rumen.hoatzin
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(wikipedia hoatzin)Alternative forms
* hoazinNoun
(en noun)page 196,
- Hoatzins' are large birds — at about twenty-six inches from head to tail, they are much larger than ''Archaeopteryx'' — with a yellowish chest, brown striped back, and a long narrow tail (Figure 53). '''Hoatzins''' are unusual in several ways, one of which is that hatchling '''hoatzins''' have claws on their wings. Although some other birds have vestigial wing claws, the ' hoatzin is the only species known to have functional wing or hand claws.
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- The hoatzin is a very colorful bird with a blue head, a tuft of feathers standing up on the head, and an orange iris in the eye.
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- Unique among riverine bird species, the hoatzin' (''Opisthocomus hoatzin'') is found along slow meandering streams and oxbows within the Amazon and Orinoco basins (Plate 12-43). ' Hoatzins resemble chickens in size and shape.