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Opisthocomiformes

Opisthocomus hoazin

Opisthocomidae, Hoatzin

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Containing group: Neoaves

Characteristics

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Other Names for Opisthocomus hoazin

References

DeQueiroz, K. and D. A. Good. 1988. The scleral ossicles of Opisthocomus and their phylogenetic significance. Auk 105(1):29-35.

Dominguez-Bello, M. G., F. Michelangeli, M. C. Ruiz, A. Garcia, and E. Rodriguez. 1994. Ecology of the folivorous hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) on the Venezuelan plains. Auk. 111(3):643-651.

Grajal, A. 1995. Structure and function of the digestive tract of the hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin): A folivorous bird with foregut fermentation. Auk 112(1):20-28.

Hedges, S. B., M. D. Simmons, M. A. M. VanDijk, G. J. Caspers, W. W. DeJong, and C. G. Sibley. 1995. Phylogenetic-relationships of the hoatzin, an enigmatic South-american bird. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 92(25):11662-11665.

Hughes, J. M. and A. J. Baker. 1999. Phylogenetic relationships of the enigmatic hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) resolved using mitochondrial and nuclear gene sequences. Mol. Biol. Evol. 16:1300-1307.

Jong, W. W., and Sibley, C. G. 1995. Phylogenetic relationships of the hoatzin, an enigmatic South American bird. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 92:11662-11665.

Korzun, L. P., C. Erard, J. P. Gasc, and F. J. Dzerzhinsky. 2003. Adaptation of the Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) to folivory. Distinctive morphological and functional features of its bill and hyoid apparatus. Comptes Rendus Biologies 326(1):75-94.

Korzun, L. P., C. Erard, J. P. Gasc, and F. J. Dzerzhinsky. 2003. Biomechanical features of the bill and and jaw apparatus of cuckoos, turacos and the hoatzin in relation to food acquisition and processing. Ostrich 74(1-2):48-57.

Ramo, C. and B. Busto. 1984. The hoatzin (Opisthocomus-hoazin) - Some data on its nesting in Venezuela. Biotropica 16(4):330-331.

Sorenson, M. D., E. Oneal, J. García-Moreno, and D. P. Mindell. 2003. More taxa, more characters: the hoatzin problem is still unresolved. Molecular Biology and Evolution 20:1484-1499.

Strahl, S. D. 1988. The social organization and behaviour of the hoatzin Opisthocomus hoazin in central Venezuela. Ibis 130(4):483-502.

Thomas, B. T. 1996. Family Opisthocomidae (Hoatzin). Pages 24-32 in Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 3. Hoatzin to Auks. J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, and J. Sargatal, eds. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.

Information on the Internet

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Scientific Name Opisthocomus hoazin
Location Sacha Lodge, Oriente, Ecuador
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Hoatzins in the dawn light
Source Collection Flickr
Copyright © 2007 Jim Scarff
Scientific Name Opisthocomus hoazin
Location Manu Biosphere Reserve, Peru
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Hoatzil
Source Collection Flickr
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License - Version 2.0.
Copyright © 2005 Andrew Jones
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