Boat-billed heron photograph

Boat-billed Heron

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Scientific nameCochlearius cochlearius
Conservation statusLeast Concern
Phylum Chordata
Order Pelecaniformes
Rank Species
Higher classification Cochlearius
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
ID2259371
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About Boat-billed Heron


The boat-billed heron, colloquially known as the boatbill, is an atypical member of the heron family, and was formerly placed in a monotypic family, the Cochlearidae. It lives in mangrove swamps from Mexico south to Peru and Brazil.

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