Hoatzin


[hoh-at-sin, waht-sin] /hoʊˈæt sɪn, ˈwɑt sɪn/

noun
1.
a blue-faced, crested bird, Opisthocomus hoazin, of the Amazon and Orinoco forests, having as a nestling a large, temporary claw on the second and third digits of the forelimb, for climbing among the tree branches.
/həʊˈætsɪn/
noun
1.
a unique South American gallinaceous bird, Opisthocomus hoazin, with a brownish plumage, a very small crested head, and clawed wing digits in the young: family Opisthocomidae

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