Check List 10(1): 153-155, doi: 10.15560/10.1.153
An aberrant record of Hoatzin Opisthocomus hoazin (Statius Muller, 1976) (Aves: Opisthocomidae) in Venezuela
expand article infoGalo Buitrón-Jurado
‡ Laboratorio de Biología de Organismos, Centro de Ecología, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Venezuela
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Abstract
I report an aberrant record of Hoatzin Opisthocomus hoazin in the Andes of Lara, Venezuela. During field work in July 2011 in the Yacambú National Park, in an area of premontane cloud forest, I observed and photographed an individual of O. hoazin in El Blanquito reservoir. This is the first record of the species in Lara State, and apparently the highest record of the species in northern South America.
Keywords
Opisthocomus hoazin; Aves; Opisthocomidae