Ecuador Amazon – Hoatzin Portrait
A nice pose from the Stink Bird with detail of the feathers and the colorful plume
Ecuador Amazon – Hoatzin Portrait
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Ecuador Amazon – Hoatzin Spreading its Wings
Ecuador Amazon – Hoatzin Spreading its Wings
The Hoatzin (stink bird), shown here spreading its wings, is a species of tropical bird found in swamps and mangrove of the Amazon and the Orinoco delta in South America.
Ecuador Amazon – Hoatzin Pair
Ecuador Amazon – Hoatzin Pair
The Hoatzin is notable for having chicks that possess claws on two of their wing digits. The alternative name of “stinkbird” is derived from the bird’s manure-like odor, caused by its digestive system
Ecuador Amazon – Hoatzin
Ecuador Amazon – Hoatzin
The Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin), also known as the Stinkbird, is a species of tropical bird found in swamps, riparian forest and mangrove of the Amazon and the Orinoco delta in South America.
Photos by Ravi 