Ecuador Amazon – Hoatzin Portrait
A nice pose from the Stink Bird with detail of the feathers and the colorful plume
Ecuador Amazon – Hoatzin Portrait
Photos by Ravi
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Beautiful looking bird 🙂 nice shot
Thanks Dean!
“Here’s lookin at you kid!” why do they call him a stink bird? does he stink?
Shards, the name of “stinkbird” is derived from the bird’s manure-like odor, caused by its digestive system
oh, well that explains it!! hehe
how do they stink?
The hoatzin of the Amazon Basin is a folivore, or leaf-eater. This so-called ‘stink bird’ reeks of fresh cow manure or sweet-smelling hay, because of its unusual diet. The bird has a special digestive system to process the huge quantity of foliage it needs to provide enough energy.