pig-birds

Updated: May 24, 2025

Those species which are arranged by ornithologists under the genus Bucco are called by the Indians, in the Tupi language, Tai-assu uira, or pig-birds. They remain seated sometimes for hours together on low branches in the shade, and are stimulated to exertion only when attracted by passing insects.

Henry Walter Bates - The Naturalist on the River Amazons