Have you ever heard of the smelly bird that has claws on its wings? Yes, such an animal does exist—and it’s called the hoatzin. This bird is known for its rotten scent, thanks to its hardworking ...

ECUADORAN AMAZON — The hoatzin was one of the strangest birds I saw during our trip here last month. Even its name, pronounced wat-sin, sounds peculiar and like something that would arise from the ...

Hoatzins sport a mohawk-like crest, neon-blue faces, and red eyes, resembling a funky bird with dramatic cape-like wings. Hoatzins are the only birds with a foregut fermentation system, like cows, to ...

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Scientists have examined fossil relatives of the South American Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin), which point to African origins for the enigmatic bird. A team comprising German, Brazilian and French ...

If eating vegetables like broccoli gives you gas, you may be able to relate to the hoatzin. The hoatzin is a South American bird that eats leaves instead of berries, insects or seeds like many other ...

The expression “strange bird” certainly applies to the Hoatzin (pronounced “watt-seen”), a bird of the Amazon and Orinoco River basins whose every characteristic could be described as strange. For ...

There are almost 10,000 bird species flying the skies, roaming the lands, and diving the waters of our planet. Some of them are pretty similar to one another, perhaps because the two species diverged ...

Loud and colourful, it is about the size of a pheasant and sports wiry head feathers that resemble a punk’s hair spikes. With oddly primitive-looking features and no close relatives, the hoatzin is an ...