Scientific name: Opisthocomus hoazin
Weight: 1.8 lb Length: 2-2.1 ft Wingspan:
Lives: South America (Amazon Basin beside rain-forest rivers)
Diet: Flowers, fruits of tough plants (white and Aram mangrove), leaves,
Chicks: 2-5
This type of bird has to be the most ancient living bird and their chicks have claws on their wings, showing their ancestry of reptiles. At two weeks old, chicks can't yet fly, but they can swim to avoid predators. At this age, chicks will start to feed themselves. During the breeding season, the Hoatzin flock will split into splinter groups. There can be 20-30 individuals in a foraging flock of Hoatzins. Because their food has aromatic oils, people called them "stink birds" (The Wildlife Year, 320).
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Animal Journal #2 by Wild101Life
Non-FictionSecond book for the animal studies. I update the animals, as I come cross new facts. I get the information from many different books (so, credit to them), along with the pictures form google. I do take request, either DM or put it in the co...