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Boat-billed Heron

Cochlearius cochlearius

Classification

Class
Aves
Family
Ardeidae

The boat-billed heron (Cochlearius cochlearius), 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.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Brazil · 3,783Peru · 796