{"id":316,"date":"2026-03-27T16:28:46","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T16:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.farmersforum.ie\/trends\/discover-the-intriguing-horned-kamichi-south-americas-winged-unicorn\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T16:28:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T16:28:47","slug":"discover-the-intriguing-horned-kamichi-south-americas-winged-unicorn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.farmersforum.ie\/trends\/discover-the-intriguing-horned-kamichi-south-americas-winged-unicorn\/","title":{"rendered":"Discover the Intriguing Horned Kamichi, South America&#8217;s Winged Unicorn"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><\/figure>\n<p><strong>In the tropical wetlands of South America thrives a peculiar bird: the horned kamichi, renowned for its frontal appendage that has earned it the nickname of the \u201cwinged unicorn.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Anhima cornuta<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The range of <em>Anhima cornuta<\/em>, a close relative of ducks and geese, covers a large portion of northern South America. Measuring 94 centimeters in length with a wingspan of 1.70 meters and weighing about 3 kilograms, this <strong>bird<\/strong> is recognizable by its dark plumage speckled with white and, above all, by its \u201c<em>horn<\/em>,\u201d observed in both males and females.<\/p>\n<section class=\"incontent-related\"><span class=\"incontent-related__title\">Read also<\/span> <span class=\"incontent-related__desc\">Behind every mosquito bite there could lie a major discovery about endangered species<\/span><\/section>\n<p>Pouvant mesurer jusqu\u2019\u00e0 quinze centim\u00e8tres de long, cette structure grandit tout au long de la vie du kamichi, mais contrairement \u00e0 celles des mammif\u00e8res herbivores, elle est exclusivement constitu\u00e9e de k\u00e9ratine (elle ne comporte pas de noyau osseux). Si cela implique qu\u2019elle puisse repousser lorsqu\u2019elle se brise, elle se r\u00e9v\u00e8le trop souple et fragile pour \u00eatre utilis\u00e9e \u00e0 des fins d\u00e9fensives.<\/p>\n<p>On suppose qu\u2019elle servirait \u00e0 impressionner des partenaires potentiels ou des rivaux et aiderait \u00e9galement les repr\u00e9sentants de l\u2019esp\u00e8ce \u00e0 s\u2019identifier dans les environnements ouverts et mar\u00e9cageux au sein desquels ils \u00e9voluent.<\/p>\n<p>Pour d\u00e9jouer d\u2019\u00e9ventuels pr\u00e9dateurs, <em>A. cornuta<\/em> compte plut\u00f4t sur les doubles \u00e9perons osseux ac\u00e9r\u00e9s qui ornent les bords ant\u00e9rieurs de ses ailes. \u00c9galement utilis\u00e9s pour d\u00e9fendre son territoire ou lors des combats entre m\u00e2les, ces structures robustes, mesurant jusqu\u2019\u00e0 5 centim\u00e8tres, peuvent infliger de graves blessures (plaies perforantes, lac\u00e9rations profondes\u2026).<\/p>\n<section class=\"incontent-related\"><span class=\"incontent-related__title\">Read also<\/span> <span class=\"incontent-related__desc\">Images show for the first time a red fox attacking a wolf cub<\/span><\/section>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"cssc-content-video-wrapper\"><iframe title=\"Horned Screamers Loud\" width=\"680\" height=\"383\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/4FZKMvHE8fI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Vocal Birds<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The horned kamichi stands out for its powerful and varied vocalizations, including trumpet-like sounds, honks reminiscent of geese, and a distinctive cry, the \u201c<em>mo-coo-ca<\/em>.\u201d The latter would serve to signal the presence of a threat to its kin.<\/p>\n<p><em>A. cornuta<\/em> also produces a crackling sound as it takes off. This is linked to the presence of numerous air sacs in its bony and cutaneous tissues, whose simultaneous compression generates a characteristic noise.<\/p>\n<p>Another strange American bird: the ibijau, looking as if it came straight from a cartoon.<\/p>\n<section class=\"incontent-related\"><span class=\"incontent-related__title\">Read also<\/span> <span class=\"incontent-related__desc\">The great white shark is still in the Mediterranean, but the latest scientific data are frankly alarming<\/span><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":317,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[291,24,288,287,289,290,293,292],"class_list":["post-316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-americas","tag-discover","tag-horned","tag-intriguing","tag-kamichi","tag-south","tag-unicorn","tag-winged","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-50"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.farmersforum.ie\/trends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.farmersforum.ie\/trends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.farmersforum.ie\/trends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.farmersforum.ie\/trends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.farmersforum.ie\/trends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=316"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.farmersforum.ie\/trends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":318,"href":"https:\/\/www.farmersforum.ie\/trends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316\/revisions\/318"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.farmersforum.ie\/trends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.farmersforum.ie\/trends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.farmersforum.ie\/trends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.farmersforum.ie\/trends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}