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Boat-billed Heron
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Herons, ibises & storks

Boat-billed Heron

Cochlearius cochlearius (Linnaeus, 1766)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishBoat-billed Heron
DutchSchuitbekreiger
SpanishGarza cucharón
Chinese船嘴鹭
Sranan Tongoarapapa
Sranan Tongosabaku (general name for the group)
Scientific nameCochlearius cochlearius (Linnaeus, 1766)

About this species

The boat-billed heron (Cochlearius cochlearius), 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.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderPelecaniformes
FamilyArdeidae
GenusCochlearius

In Suriname

168Records in Suriname
5iNaturalist observations
1901First record
2026Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Paramaribo47
  • Sipaliwini15
  • Commewijne14
  • Nickerie8
  • Wanica4
  • Brokopondo1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

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