Ecuador Photo Gallery: hoatzins

We visited Ecuador in November, 2019.

The hoatzin is a slim, pheasant-sized bird with a long tail, long neck, and small head. It has an unfeathered blue face with red eyes and a spiky head crest. It is a weak flyer.

Hoatzin (stinkbird), Opisthocomus hoazin

hoatzin hoatzin


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Last modified 29 December 2019