It lives in well-vegetated marshes and feeds on water plants. Breeding Its nest is a large pile of floating vegetation anchored in shallow water. Three olive-brown eggs are laid, and the young, like those of most Anseriformes, can run as soon as they are hatched. As a symbol The horned screamer is the official bird of both the Department of Arauca and the Municipality of Arauca in Colombia, as well as a symbol of the National Reserve of Churute in Ecuador. The department and its capital are named after the bird, which is called arauco or aruco in Spanish. The bird appears in the arms of Tietê, Brazil. Footnotes References Clements, James, (2007) The Clements Checklist of the Birds of the World, Cornell University Press, Ithaca Hilty, Steven, L. (2003) Birds of Venezuela, External links Horned Screamer at Internet Bird Collection. horned screamer Birds of Colombia Birds of Venezuela Birds of the Guianas Birds of the Amazon Basin Birds of Brazil Birds of Ecuador horned screamer horned screamer