Boat-billed Heron

Cochlearius cochlearius

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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. It is a nocturnal bird, and breeds semi-colonially in mangrove trees, laying 2-4 bluish white eggs in a twig nest.

Fuentes y Créditos

  1. (c) Noel Reynolds, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY), http://www.flickr.com/photos/29237715@N05/5818990055
  2. (c) Wikipedia, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochlearius_cochlearius

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