Meaning of opisthocomid | Babel Free

Definitions

Any bird of the family Opisthocomidae, which comprises the hoazin and extinct relatives.

Examples

“Miller (1953) described an avian cranium from the Miocene of Colombia as an opisthocomid, Hoazinoides magdalenae.”

“All other birds thought to be primitive [e.g. cuculiforms, opisthocomids, coraciiforms, musophagids, gruiforms (including the Cariarmidae), etc.] have definitive and often quite small feather tracts.”

“Some of the other placements are so startling that Livezey and Zusi are unconvinced by their own results (e.g., opisthocomids [Hoatzin], steatornithids [Oilbirds] phoenicopterids [flamingos], and many of the smaller forest birds).”

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