Boat-billed Heron
Cochlearius cochlearius
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Birds
The boat-billed heron, colloquially known as the boatbill, is an atypical member of the heron family. It is the only member of the genus Cochlearius and was formerly placed in a monotypic family, the Cochleariidae. It lives in mangrove swamps from Mexico south to Peru and Brazil. It is a nocturnal bird, and breeds semi-colonially in mangrove trees, laying two to four bluish-white eggs in a twig nest.
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- Family
- Ardeidae
- Genus
- Cochlearius