Crowning Glory
by Blair Wainman
Title
Crowning Glory
Artist
Blair Wainman
Medium
Photograph - Print Photography
Description
The hoatzin, also known as the reptile bird, skunk bird, stinkbird, or Canje pheasant, is a species of tropical bird found in swamps, riparian forests, and mangroves of the Amazon and the Orinoco basins in South America. It is notable for having chicks that have claws on two of their wing digits.
This bird was captured in the wild in the Marasha Natural Reserve, in the Amazon rainforest of Peru.
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July 2nd, 2020
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Comments (2)
Alex Lapidus
Wonderful shot! We saw some of these guys in Brazil, but I didn't get anything nearly this good.
Blair Wainman replied:
Thanks Alex, I was fortunate enough to get some. They are extremely difficult to capture.