Boat-billed Heron
Cochlearius cochlearius
The boat-billed heron, 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. It is a nocturnal bird, and breeds semi-colonially in mangrove trees, laying two to four bluish-white eggs in a twig nest.
- Scientific name
- Cochlearius cochlearius
- Family
- Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns
- IUCN status
- LC