boat-billed heron, boatbill (Cochlearius cochlearius) Description
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
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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.
