Boat-billed Heron
Cochlearius cochlearius(Linnaeus, C, 1766)
English (US) Boat-billed Heron
The Boat-billed Heron (Cochlearius cochlearius) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Ardeidae (Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns) in the order Pelecaniformes.
- Scientific name
- Cochlearius cochlearius
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Boat-billed Heron
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 5 subspecies for this species.
- Cochlearius cochlearius zeledoni
- Cochlearius cochlearius phillipsi
- Cochlearius cochlearius ridgwayi
- Cochlearius cochlearius panamensis
- Cochlearius cochlearius cochlearius
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Cancroma Cochlearia
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
- Type locality
- Guiana.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1] p.233
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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