Boat-billed Heron (Cochlearius cochlearius)
The Boat-billed Heron is distributed from southern Mexico through Central America and into northern South America east of the Andes down to the mouth of the River Plate.
BOAT-BILLED HERON FACTS
Description
The Boat-billed Heron is an unusual heron with a large broad scoop-shaped black bill and a crest. The crown and upper back are dark gray. The wings and lower back are light grey.
Boat-billed Heron
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
or boatbill, a tropical New World heron, Chochlearius chochlearius.
Boat-billed Heron (Cochlearius cochlearius)
3/22/04 - Summit Ponds near the Canopy Tower, Panamá province. Reminiscent of a Black-crowned Night-Heron, but with a broad, monstrous bill.
Boat-billed Heron
Range: Mexico to northern Argentina
Habitat: ponds and streams in humid forest, marshes, mangroves ...
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Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius
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The most atypical bill is owned by the Boat-billed Heron, which has a broad thick bill. The bill, as well as other bare parts of the body, is usually yellow, black or brown coloured, although this colour can vary during the breeding season.
It looks similar to those of the Shoebill and the Boat-billed Heron, probably because of convergent evolution. The neck and legs are shorter than those of most of the Ciconiiformes. The Hamerkop has partially webbed feet, for unknown reasons.
In addition to plumes, many Herons have crests which are used in both threat and mating displays. Particularly fetching is the laterally raised crest of the Boat-billed Heron; ...
Similarly, the relationship of the genera in the family is not completely resolved. However, one species formerly considered to constitute a separate monotypic family Cochlearidae, the Boat-billed Heron, is now regarded as a member of the Ardeidae.
 See also: Heron, Stork, Bittern, Ibis, Egret
  
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