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Hoatzin

Opisthocomus hoazin

Description:

Striking large bird

Habitat:

Ecuadorian Lowlands: Sacha Lodge

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25 Comments (1–25)

ceherzog
ceherzog 11 years ago

Yes, they are rather common near the lodge....but a treat for us to see.

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

Very cool! We were lucky to see several pairs of hoatzins while in Yasuni.

ceherzog
ceherzog 11 years ago

Thanks for the nice comment Antonio.

Great spotting ceherzog,a realy great photo and beautiful bird,congrats and thanks for sharing

ceherzog
ceherzog 11 years ago

Thanks for the nice comments!

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 11 years ago

Wow :)

Sachin Zaveri
Sachin Zaveri 11 years ago

Spectacular,

Beautiful bird!! What a spotting! Thank you for sharing.

DespinaTsafetopoulou
DespinaTsafetopoulou 11 years ago

Wonderful spotting, congrats!

Wild Things
Wild Things 11 years ago

Perfect pics!

ceherzog
ceherzog 11 years ago

Thanks Yuko

YukoChartraw
YukoChartraw 11 years ago

What gorgeous birds!

Ava T-B
Ava T-B 11 years ago

Please consider adding this spotting to the Animal Architecture mission at http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8082...

ceherzog
ceherzog 11 years ago

Thanks Mick, J, & Reza!

ceherzog
ceherzog 11 years ago

The first one is a female on the nest, and you can't see much of the wing color (not sure if they are sexually dimorphic)...maybe the light...but I did not alter the color.

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

Wonderful, Claire!

Reza Hashemizadeh
Reza Hashemizadeh 11 years ago

Beautiful !

RiekoS
RiekoS 11 years ago

I wonder if second and third pictures are more true to colors (first one is brown)?

ceherzog
ceherzog 11 years ago

yeah...there's always that!

Debbie Stewart
Debbie Stewart 11 years ago

sounds perfect now all I need to do is fit it in with all the other places on my list...oh and go and buy a lottery ticket first haha!!

ceherzog
ceherzog 11 years ago

We were there for 5 days and saw 175 species of birds...it's a neat place...hot, humid, & buggy at times but pretty darn wonderful...great food too!
Thanks Debbie

Debbie Stewart
Debbie Stewart 11 years ago

Great shots! I think I definitely need to get to Sacha lodge. How long did you go for Ceherzog?

ceherzog
ceherzog 11 years ago

Tanks Krantzi & Jolly!

Jolly Ibañez
Jolly Ibañez 11 years ago

Beautiful spotting

KrantiAzad
KrantiAzad 11 years ago

awesome !

ceherzog
Spotted by
ceherzog

Provincia de Orellana, Ecuador

Spotted on Feb 12, 2013
Submitted on Mar 12, 2013

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