Omnnivores
The role of omnivores in the food web is to eat the herbivores, carnivores, and producers. They help to level out the amount of carnivores, herbivores, and producers in the foodweb. Some of the omnivores in the Amazon Jungle are Yellow-tufted Woodpeckers, Collared Peccarys, and Hoatzins.

The Living Edens Manu

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Name: Yellow-tufted Woodpecker.
Description: Has a yellow streak of feathers on the back of its head. To find insects and to build nests, the yellow-tufted woodpecker drills into trees and vines. It has a sharp, resilient bill and a barbed tongue. The yellow-tufted wood peckers has stong tail feathers and claws.
Habitat: Describe areas where the animal lives.
Diet: It feeds on fruits, nectar, and insects.

Name: Collared Peccary.
Description: The Collared Peccary is dark-haired. It has three hooves on its forelegs and hindlegs and four on its .
Habitat: Describe areas where the animal lives.
Diet: Eats insects, frogs, and plants.

Living Edens Manu

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Name: Hoatzin.
Description: It has blue patches of color on its face, red eyes, anda headdress of long, reddish-brown feathers. It's chicken-sized and emits a manure-like smell. Sometimes it will move by hopping from branch to branch.
Habitat: The Hoatzin usually lives over rivers.
Diet: Eats small fish, fruits, crabs, and leaves.
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