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The hoatzin (/ h oʊ ˈ æ t s ɪ n / hoh-AT-sin) [note 1] or hoactzin (/ h oʊ ˈ æ k t s ɪ n / hoh-AKT-sin) (Opisthocomus hoazin) [4] is a species of tropical bird found in swamps, riparian forests, and mangroves of the Amazon and the Orinoco basins in South America.
A peculiar fossil has helped scientists discover an unusual bird that lived among the dinosaurs 120 million years ago, and the find is changing the way researchers think about avian evolution.
In this list of birds by common name 11,278 extant and recently extinct (since 1500) bird species are recognised. [1] Species marked with a "†" are extinct.
The potoos are a highly conservative family in appearance, with all the species closely resembling one another; species accounts in ornithological literature remark on their unusual appearance. [6] Potoos range from 21–58 cm (8.3–22.8 in) in length. They resemble upright sitting nightjars, a closely related family (Caprimulgidae).
When driving along South Carolina’s coastal waterways, wetlands and estuaries, you may find yourself spotting a small, strange-looking bird with a long, curved beak. Those little birds are white ...
The kagu possesses 'nasal corns', structures covering its nostrils, which are a feature not shared by any other bird. This bird is a juvenile, lacking the brightly coloured bill of the adult. The kagu is a ground-living bird, 55 cm (21 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) in length. The weight can vary considerably by individual and by season, ranging from 700 to ...
A hoopoe was a leader of the birds in the Persian book of poems The Conference of the Birds (Mantiq al-Tayr by Attar) and when the birds seek a king, the hoopoe points out that the Simurgh was the king of the birds. [34] Hoopoes were thought of as thieves across much of Europe, and harbingers of war in Scandinavia. [35]
Quetzals (/ k ɛ t ˈ s ɑː l, ˈ k ɛ t s əl /) are strikingly colored birds in the trogon family. They are found in forests, especially in humid highlands, with the five species from the genus Pharomachrus being exclusively Neotropical, while a single species, the eared quetzal, Euptilotis neoxenus, is found in Guatemala, sometimes in Mexico and very locally in the southernmost United ...