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The hoatzin is a folivore—it eats the leaves (and to a lesser degree, the fruits and flowers) of the plants that grow in its marshy and riverine habitat. It clambers around along the branches in its search for food. The hoatzin uses a leathery “bump” on the bottom of its crop to help balance its weight on the branches.
The Hoatzin is pheasant-sized, but much slimmer. It has a long tail and neck, but a small head with an unfeathered blue face and red eyes which are topped by a spiky crest. It is a weak flier which is found in the swamps of the Amazon and Orinoco rivers. Hoatzin, Opisthocomus hoazin
A hoatzin. It has been observed that folivory is extremely rare among flying vertebrates. [2] Morton (1978) attributed this to the fact that leaves are heavy, slow to digest, and contain little energy relative to other foods. [2] The hoatzin is an example of a flighted, folivorous bird. There are, however, many species of folivorous flying insects.
She was killed inside her home on April 28, 1995, according to the Palm Beach Post, part of the USA TODAY network. He is currently serving time in Alachua County in an unrelated case.
He was killed by a U.S. Secret Service agent shortly after opening fire. Thomas Matthew Crooks identified by FBI as gunman behind attempted assassination of Trump at Western Pa. rally
The ceasefire came into effect Sunday after an initial three-hour delay, during which almost 20 more Palestinians were killed, according to medics in the decimated Palestinian territory.
Inopinaves is a clade of neoavian birds recovered in a compressive genomic systematic study using nearly 200 species in 2015. It contains the clades Opisthocomiformes and Telluraves (core landbirds); the study shows that the hoatzin diverged from other birds 64 million years ago. [2]
The poachers admitted to having killed at least 26 of the 76 Javan rhinos for their horns. Rhino horns are in high demand on the black market and may sell for as much as $11,000 an ounce .