Opisthocomus

Furthermore, the name Opisthocomus cristatus, used by some authors relatively recently (e.g.,

Archive 2006-11-01 Darren Naish 2006

Furthermore, the name Opisthocomus cristatus, used by some authors relatively recently (e.g.,

Giant hoatzins of doom Darren Naish 2006

Phylogenetic relationships of the enigmatic hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) resolved using mitochondrial and nuclear gene sequences.

Goodbye, my giant predatory, cursorial, flightless hoatzin Darren Naish 2006

Phylogenetic relationships of the enigmatic hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) resolved using mitochondrial and nuclear gene sequences.

Archive 2006-11-01 Darren Naish 2006

Based predominantly on the morphology of the carpometacarpus, some ornithologists have proposed that cariamaens are closely related to the Hoatzin* Opisthocomus hoazin**, that bizarre folivorous, arboreal bird that (uniquely among birds) practices foregut fermentation.

Archive 2006-11-01 Darren Naish 2006

Based predominantly on the morphology of the carpometacarpus, some ornithologists have proposed that cariamaens are closely related to the Hoatzin* Opisthocomus hoazin**, that bizarre folivorous, arboreal bird that (uniquely among birds) practices foregut fermentation.

Giant hoatzins of doom Darren Naish 2006

Hoazinoides from the Miocene of Colombia, known from a partial skull, seems to have been very similar to Opisthocomus while Onychopteryx from the Eocene of Argentina is known only from a partial tarsometatarsus and hence is not too informative.

Goodbye, my giant predatory, cursorial, flightless hoatzin Darren Naish 2006

Hoazinoides from the Miocene of Colombia, known from a partial skull, seems to have been very similar to Opisthocomus while Onychopteryx from the Eocene of Argentina is known only from a partial tarsometatarsus and hence is not too informative.

Archive 2006-11-01 Darren Naish 2006

Avian richness and diversity are high, and shares affinites with the Guyana Highlands and northern Andes (cock of the rock Rupicola rupicola) as well as the Amazonian lowlands (hoatzin Opisthocomus hoazin).

Guianan moist forests 2007

(_Opisthocomus cristatus_) and of the _jacú_ (_Penelope cristata_).

Across Unknown South America Arnold Henry Savage Landor 1894