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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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 -
A close-up view of head and bill of a roosting bird. Locality Pantanal, Mato Grosso State, Brazil (ssp cochlearius)
Mark Andrews 5 September 2010 50 weeks ago 1 min 4 sec 4 -
Boat-billed Heron walking on branch Locality Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary (Jaguar Preserve), Stann Creek District, Belize (ssp phillipsi)
Wayne Hall 16 February 2009 2 years ago 1 min 22 sec 4 -
A pair perched on a branch, and an adult calling Locality Chilamate, Sarapiquí, Heredia Province, Costa Rica (ssp panamensis)
Max Roth 31 March 2001 6 years ago 35 sec 3.7 -
An adult resting during the day Locality Tortuguero, Limón Province, Costa Rica (ssp panamensis)
Ferran Vaquero 23 August 2009 45 weeks ago 13 sec 3.7 -
An adult going up in a mangrove to join another adult Locality Rio Lagartos, Yucatán State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) (ssp phillipsi)
Josep del Hoyo 29 September 2006 4 years ago 39 sec 3.6
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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 4 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 12 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 47 weeks 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 -
Boat-billed Heron Juvenile, Bosque del Rio Tigre, Costa Rica
Locality Bosque del Rio Tigre Lodge, Osa Canton, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica (ssp panamensis)
Ron Flemal 29 January 2010 1 year ago 3.5
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