Hoatzin

The hoatzin has a strange digestive track where they will use bacteria to decompose their food unlike other birds where they have an organ that will grind down their food. Another unique trait they have is seen in their diet; They will almost exclusively eat leaves unlike other birds that will have a mixed diet of small animals, insects and plants.

Fun Facts

• When babies they have claws on their wings that they later lose when they mature • They have the nickname stinkbird • For how they look they actually aren’t great fliers • Baby Hoatzin are goodclimbers due to their claws