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The hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) is a tropical bird found in the Amazon basin and the Orinoco Basin in South America. It is the only extant species in the family Opisthocomidae. A folivore, the hoatzin eats the leaves of the plants that grow in its marshy and riverine habitat. Its digestive system supports fermentation and effective breakdown...

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ScienceActually Oct 9, 2024

Hoatzins have an enlarged crop that acts as a fermentation chamber, breaking down the leaves they eat. This process produces foul-smelling bacterial vapors that are similar to cow manure - hence their nickname ‘stink bird’.

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ScienceActually Feb 8, 2023

The hoatzin is the only bird with a digestive system that ferments vegetation as a cow does, which enables it to eat leaves and buds exclusively.

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https://www.britannica.com/animal/hoatzin

Hoatzin | bird

hoatzin, (Opisthocomus hoazin), primitive chicken-sized bird of South American swamps, principally in the Amazon and Orinoco river basins. The young possess two large claws on each wing, a trait that has led some scientists to link the species with the fossil Archaeopteryx of the dinosaur era. The hoatzin is the only bird with a digestive system that ferments vegetation as a cow does, which enables it to eat leaves and buds exclusively. Hoatzins feed on swamp plants, grinding foliage in a greatly enlarged crop (not the gizzard, as in other birds). Adults can fly clumsily for short distances, but they

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