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boat-billed heron, boatbill (Cochlearius cochlearius)
Subject: boat-billed heron, boatbill (Cochlearius cochlearius)
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Musei Leveriani explicatio, anglica et latina BHL29568618.jpg
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boat-billed heron, boatbill (Cochlearius cochlearius)


Description Cochlearius cochlearius syn. Cancroma cochlearia
Musei Leveriani explicatio, anglica et latina / opera et studio Georgii Shaw ... ; adduntur figuræ, eleganter sculptæ et coloratæ.
Date 1792
Source http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/pageimage/29568618
Author Edwards, Sydenham; Reinagle, Philip; Ryley, Charles Reuben; Shaw, George; Skelton, William; Stone, Sarah
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Musei_Leveriani_explicatio,_anglica_et_latina_BHL29568618.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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