Herons (Ardeidae)
Boat-billed Heron (Cochlearius cochlearius) - HBW 1, p. 421
French: Savacou huppé
German: Kahnschnabel
Spanish: Martinete Cucharón
Other common names: Northern Boat-billed Heron (zeledoni/phillipsi/ridgwayi); Southern Boat-billed Heron (cochlearius)
Taxonomy: Cancroma Cochlearia Linnaeus, 1766, Cayenne.
Has been placed in separate, monospecific family Cochleariidae (see page 377). Traditionally linked with night herons, but work with DNA indicates relationship with Tigrisoma. The three N subspecies sometimes considered a separate species, C. zeledoni; birds from NW Costa Rica, currently placed in race panamensis, intermediate between the two groups. Five subspecies normally recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- zeledoni (Ridgway, 1885) - WC Mexico.
- phillipsi Dickerman, 1973 - E Mexico and Belize.
- ridgwayi Dickerman, 1973 - S Mexico to W Honduras and El Salvador.
- zeledoni (Ridgway, 1885) - WC Mexico.
- phillipsi Dickerman, 1973 - E Mexico and Belize.
- ridgwayi Dickerman, 1973 - S Mexico to W Honduras and El Salvador.
- panamensis Griscom, 1926 - Costa Rica and Panama.
- cochlearius Linnaeus, 1766 - E Panama to Guianas, and Amazonia S to NE Argentina.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Juvenile perched. Locality Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary (Jaguar Preserve), Stann Creek District, Belize (ssp phillipsi)
Wayne Hall 25 February 2012 8 weeks ago 32 sec 4.6 -
A nest with one chick. Locality CATIE Research Center, Turrialba, Cartago Province, Costa Rica (ssp panamensis)
Alex García · Videoaves 29 June 2010 1 year ago 24 sec 4.4 -
Various adults with well grown chicks on their nests Locality Carara National Park, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica (ssp panamensis)
Greg Baker 8 April 2001 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 34 sec 4.2 -
Boat-billed Heron walking on branch Locality Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary (Jaguar Preserve), Stann Creek District, Belize (ssp phillipsi)
Wayne Hall 16 February 2009 3 years ago 1 min 22 sec 4.2 -
Preening Locality Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary (Jaguar Preserve), Stann Creek District, Belize (ssp phillipsi)
Wayne Hall 25 February 2012 8 weeks ago 43 sec 4.2 -
Various adults roosting around their breeding colony Locality Carara National Park, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica (ssp panamensis)
Greg Baker 8 April 2001 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 42 sec 4
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A bird roosting in the shade of bushes.
Locality Carara National Park, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica
David Lingard 16 March 2009 3 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4 -
Close-up of a bird in evening light.
Locality San Blas, Nayarit State, Mexico (Northern) (ssp zeledoni)
Ken Havard 4 March 2005 1 year ago 4 -
A bird at night in Samiria river's bank. Un ave por la noche, en las riberas fangosas del río Samiria
Locality Pacaya-Samiria National Reserve, Loreto Department, Peru
José M. Formentí 8 August 2011 19 weeks ago 3.8 -
A bird perching on the branch
Locality Passo do Lontra, Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil (ssp cochlearius)
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 9 August 2010 27 weeks ago 3.8 -
Individual perched on a branch at the water's edge.
Locality Caño Negro Wildlife Refuge, Arenal region, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica (ssp panamensis)
Miriam Bauman 8 February 2011 1 year ago 3.7 -
A bird perched in mangroves along a river.
Locality San Blas, Nayarit State, Mexico (Northern) (ssp zeledoni)
Ken Havard 3 March 2005 1 year ago 3.7
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Calls given by a juvenile, at night. Locality Fazenda Praia Alta, Tocantins State, Brazil
(ssp cochlearius)
Josep del Hoyo 2 August 2011 14 weeks ago 4 -
A bird calling at night. Locality Fazenda Praia Alta, Tocantins State, Brazil
(ssp cochlearius)
Josep del Hoyo 2 August 2011 14 weeks ago 3.7
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