🐦Hoatzin
麝雉（學名：Opisthocomus hoazin）是熱帶的一種鳥類，生活在南美洲亞馬遜盆地及奧利諾科盆地的沼澤、森林及紅樹林。它們是麝雉屬下的唯一物種，而麝雉屬則是麝雉科下的唯一屬。此科的分類位置备受爭議，仍未有所定論。麝雉的大小如雉雞，長約65厘米，頸長頭小。它們呈褐色，下身淡色，面部沒有羽毛及呈藍色，眼睛呈栗色，頭上有紅褐色的尖冠。雛雉的翼指上有爪。它們是草食性的，主要吃葉子及果實，消化系統有特大的嗉囊，可以有瘤胃的作用。它們有強烈的氣味，可能是因食葉所致。
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2024.
- Body mass
- 0.7 kg
- Body length
- not recorded
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- not recorded
Everything we know about the Hoatzin
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass0.7 kgAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Tail length0.29 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Wing length0.32 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Beak length0.03 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Tarsus length0.05 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Trophic levelHerbivoreAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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HabitatRiverineAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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LifestyleInsessorialAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l0.7 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Hoatzin yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force, maximum lifespan.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classAves
- ›orderOpisthocomiformes
- ›familyOpisthocomidae
- ›genusOpisthocomus
- ›speciesOpisthocomus hoazin
- classBirds · Aves
- orderOpisthocomiformes
- familyOpisthocomidae
- genusOpisthocomus
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- classBirds · Aves
- orderOpisthocomiformes
- familyOpisthocomidae
- genusOpisthocomus
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