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
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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.