Pelecaniformes / Ardeidae / Cochlearius

Boat-billed Heron

Cochlearius cochlearius

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

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Cochlearius cochlearius cochlearius

eastern Panama to the Guianas, Amazon basin and northeastern Argentina
Cochlearius cochlearius panamensis

Costa Rica and Panama
Cochlearius cochlearius phillipsi

tropical eastern Mexico and Belize
Cochlearius cochlearius ridgwayi

tropical southern Mexico to western Honduras and El Salvador
Cochlearius cochlearius zeledoni

west-central Mexico

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.