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boat-billed heron, boatbill (Cochlearius cochlearius)
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Reptiles and birds - a popular account of their various orders, with a description of the habits and economy of the most interesting (1883) (14565927007).jpg
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boat-billed heron, boatbill (Cochlearius cochlearius)


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Title: Reptiles and birds : a popular account of their various orders, with a description of the habits and economy of the most interesting
Year: 1883 (1880s)
Authors: Figuier, Louis, 1819-1894 Gillmore, Parker
Subjects: Reptiles Birds
Text Appearing After Image: Fig. 131.-The Bcatbill it feeds on fish, molluscs, and sometimes crabs. It builds its nest inthe thick under-brush.
Date 1883
Source https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/14565927007/
Source book page: https://archive.org/stream/reptilesbirds00figu/reptilesbirds00figu#page/n350/mode/1up
Author Albin Mesnel
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Reptiles_and_birds_-_a_popular_account_of_their_various_orders,_with_a_description_of_the_habits_and_economy_of_the_most_interesting_(1883)_(14565927007).jpg

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

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Scientific Name: Cochlearius cochlearius (Linnaeus, 1766)
Synonyms: Cochlearius cochlearia (Linnaeus, 1766)
Common Names: Boat-billed Heron, Boatbill, Garza cucharón [Spanish], Savacou huppé [French]
French: Savacou huppé German: Kahnschnabel Spanish: Martinete cucharón
Taxonomy: Cancroma Cochlearia Linnaeus, 1766, Cayenne.

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