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Opisthocomus hoazin
A prehistoric bird endemic to the the Amazon River Basin.
Found nesting in low trees along oxbow lakes in the Amazon rain forest. This particular shot was taken on the Madre de Dios river in Bolivia.
Young hoatzins have hooks on their wings, similar to the prehistoric Archaeopteryx of the late Jurassic period.
Spotted on Jul 12, 2007
Submitted on Jan 2, 2012
40 Comments (1–25)
Nice spot
Sara, if your picture is identifiable you can still post it as every record counts, the more the better. We do not want to count just the very good pictures, we want to photographically document as many sightings as possible
We spotted this bird near some giant water lillies while cruising the Peruvian Amazon. They were in trees in a conservation area near the Maranon River last week. We did photograph it, and the photo matches, but our photo is no where near the quality. Thanks!
Hermoso! :) <3
Fantastic post and spotting GregMayberry
Congratulations Greg
Wonderful Photo and spotting !
Congrats and wonderful photo and spotting
Wonderful bird... Nice work Greg... Congrats for SOTD..!!
Beautiful! Congratulations.
Congrats on SOTD. It looks like a spiky version of our Great Spotted Cuckoo!
WOW-such diversity
Congratulations GregMayberry
well deserved Sotd , Congrats!
Beautiful bird!
Beautiful! Congratulations!
That's a very interesting and cool bird, great picture too
Wow! this bird looks like it got a hair job in a salon! Awesome picture.
Nice picture and bird =)
Congrats on the SoTD and lovely photo!
Thanks for sharing this fascinating and cool looking bird with us Greg! We've chosen it as spotting of the day!
"Have you ever seen a punk rock bird? Hoatzins are a prehistoric species of tropical bird endemic to the Amazon River Basin. Young hoatzins have hooks on their wings, similar to the prehistoric Archaeopteryx of the late Jurassic period."
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Wow muy bella
love your photo!
Its a perfect treat to the eye seeing such a great spotting....
And one word it fits the best.. "Wow" ... amazing. hats off to this one./
Very cool!
cool shot