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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.
Opisthocomidae is a family of birds, the only named family within the order Opisthocomiformes.The only living representative is the hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) which lives in the Amazon and the Orinoco delta in South America.
The Portuguese people (Portuguese: Portugueses – masculine – or Portuguesas) are a Romance-speaking ethnic group and nation indigenous to Portugal, a country that occupies the west side of the Iberian Peninsula in south-west Europe, who share culture, ancestry and language.
In what is today's mainland Portugal territory, before the rule of the Roman Empire, several peoples and tribes were living there for many centuries and they had their own culture, language and political organization (tribal chiefdoms, tribal confederations and early forms of kingdoms and states), these peoples and tribes were in the Iron Age.
Fado, urban popular song of Portugal 2011 00563 [6] Fado is a music genre which can be traced to the 1820s in Lisbon, but probably has much earlier origins. Mediterranean diet + [a] 2013 00884 [7] The Mediterranean diet is the traditional food and methods of preparation used by the people of the Mediterranean basin, as well as everything ...
Plans to end a flat 20% tax band for foreigners next year has expedited their plans to move to the country.
Portuguese is spoken as a first language in Portugal (the language's namesake) by nearly all of the nation's 10.6 million people. [23] The ancestor of modern Portuguese, Galician–Portuguese , [ clarification needed ] began developing in the north-west of the Iberian Peninsula , in an area encompassing present-day northern Portugal and Galicia ...
The Carnation Revolution is important not just to Portugal; it also had an impact in the diaspora,” said Dr. Paula Noversa, the director for the Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture ...