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Boat-billed Heron

Cochlearius cochlearius

Photo by Cody.conway
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Description:

The boat-billed heron - 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.

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PublishedMay 17, 2014

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