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The exceedingly rich bird fauna of South America contains many species which seem to be survivals from a very remote geologic past, whose kinsfolk have perished under the changed conditions of recent ages; and in the case of many, like the hoatzin and screamer, their like is not known elsewhere.

—Through the Brazilian Wilderness

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noun A crested brownish bird (Opisthocomus hoazin) of tropical South America whose young have claws on the first and second digits of the wings.

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The exceedingly rich bird fauna of South America contains many species which seem to be survivals from a very remote geologic past, whose kinsfolk have perished under the changed conditions of recent ages; and in the case of many, like the hoatzin and screamer, their like is not known elsewhere. — Through the Brazilian Wilderness
The most interesting of the birds he had seen was the hoatzin. — Through the Brazilian Wilderness
The fact that it had teeth is irrelevant to its alleged transitional status -- a number of extinct birds had teeth, while many reptiles do not (the South American hoatzin, — Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]