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Opisthocomus hoatzin

A Dictionary of Zoology | 1999 | | Â© A Dictionary of Zoology 1999, originally published by Oxford University Press 1999. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Opisthocomus hoatzin (hoatzin) See OPISTHOCOMIDAE.

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	Alimentary, my dear hoatzin: ruminations on a gutsy bird. (South American bird) Magazine article from: Science News; 10/21/1989; ; 700+ words ; ...discovered that the hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin...plants. Strahl finds hoatzins rely on the lower esophagus...meals. Details of the hoatzin's unusual digestive...the animal kingdom. "Hoatzins don't seem to follow...when I talk about [the hoatzin] at a research meeting...
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	Bird eats like a cow! (South American hoatzin has a large crop which enables it to eat leaves and buds)(Brief Article) Magazine article from: Science World; 2/9/1996; ; 629 words ; The hoatzin (pronunced hoh...rich insects. But hoatzins have an unusually...lot of energy.) Hoatzins have leaves all around...result, it only takes hoatzins about an hour a day...need. What does a hoatzin do with its spare...
	Odd birds: the cuckmoo. (Venezuelan bird) (Science and Technology) Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 11/25/1989; 700+ words ; ...sheep and goats. The toothless hoatzin's version of rumination has...are sound reasons that the hoatzin should not be able to do what...on some modifications. The hoatzin has evolved a crop that holds...means less flight muscle. Hoatzins take 60-70 days to learn...
	Research from University of Puerto Rico reveals new findings on environmental microbiology. Newspaper article from: Ecology, Environment & Conservation; 11/14/2008; 700+ words ; ...research from the United States, "The hoatzin is unique among known avian species because...bacterial population in the crop of six adult hoatzins captured from the wild. A total of 1...Bacterial community in the crop of the hoatzin, a neotropical folivorous flying bird...
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