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Elementary My Dear Hoatzin By Rachel Rowland

Elementary My Dear Hoatzin By Rachel Rowland. What noise do I make?. Hoatzin Opisthocomus hoatzin. Peculiar Bird of the Amazon: Why? Vocalizations Odor Digestive Tract Food Selection Communal Nesting Wing claws. Odor. Hoatzins are sometimes referred to as Stinkbird .

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Elementary My Dear Hoatzin By Rachel Rowland

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  1. Elementary My Dear HoatzinBy Rachel Rowland

  2. What noise do I make?

  3. HoatzinOpisthocomus hoatzin Peculiar Bird of the Amazon: Why? Vocalizations Odor Digestive Tract Food Selection Communal Nesting Wing claws

  4. Odor Hoatzins are sometimes referred to as Stinkbird.

  5. Foregut Fermentation(Before stomach) • Microbes in the foregut • Breaks down tough cell walls • Long retention time Photo taken from http://people.eku.edu/ritchisong/RITCHISO/birddigestivetract on May 21, 2009.

  6. Awkward! • Large gut makes it hard to fly • Callus developed for easier resting while digesting • Most of their day is spent sitting

  7. Obligate Folivore • Say what? • Diet consists of only plants (including the one pictured on the right). • Atypical in birds • Primarily young leaves • Rarely eats other plant parts • No water

  8. Communal Nesting • Large dry season groups • Breeding groups • Breeders/Helpers • Clutch size 1-5 eggs (Avg = 2)

  9. Claws like prehistoric Archaeopteryx?

  10. Abandon Ship Who let him drive this thing?!?!

  11. Ferraro Films Video? http://www.ferrarofilms.net/EDUCACION/VIDEOS/Hoatzin.mp4

  12. Questions?

  13. Thank You!

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