#Boat-billed heron

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[1553/10977] Boat-billed Heron - Cochlearius cochlearius

Order: Pelecaniformes Family: Ardeidae (herons) Subfamily: Tigriornithinae

Photo credit: Jan Allen via Macaulay Library

#birds #Boat-billed Heron #Pelecaniformes #Ardeidae #Tigriornithinae #Cochlearius #birds a to z #undescribed

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Boat-billed Heron (Cochlearius cochlearius)

#Boat-billed Heron #heron #wading bird #bird #Cochlearius cochlearius #Cochlearius

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Boat-billed heron… and a hummingbird!

[ID: an illustration of a boat-billed heron perched on a branch against a slate blue background. on a smaller twig a mangrove hummingbird perches. They are making interested eye contact. End.]

#birds #heron #herons #hummingbird #hummingbirds #mangrove hummingbird #boat-billed heron #daily creature #animals

[bird-of-the-day]

BOTD: Boat-Billed Heron

Image credit: Patrick Coin

Boat-Billed Heron (Cochlearius cochlearius)

Colloquially known as the Boatbill, Boat-Billed Herons nest in mangroves, usually nesting in colonies - although they have been seen nesting solitarily. One study hypothesized that, in order to forage for food in the dark and in muddy or shallow water, their unique bills are sensitive to the touch which allows them to feel for their prey - which includes crustaceans, small mammals, fish, insects, and molluscs.

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[thecreatureawaits]

Creature Awaits #192

Each week I plan to feature an amazing creature, admiring God's fantastic artistry.  Hopefully it’ll brighten someone’s day to see something new and interesting if they haven’t seen it before. : )

Happy New Year! The Greeks were thought to have based the mythological Phoenix on the now extinct Bennu Heron (Ardea bennuides), so to kick off 2023, it feels fitting to feature a variety of gorgeous "living phoenixes" - extant herons from around the world. - 💕

(Photography by skilled photographers,  Alan Wolf (top - CC BY-NC 2.0) and Steve Valasek (bottom - CC BY-NC-ND 2.0))

The Boat-Billed Heron

Scientific Name: Cochlearius cochlearius

Region: From southern Mexico through to southern Brazil

Size: About 1'9" (~54cm) tall, with a roughly 2'6" (~76.2cm) wingspan

Interesting Notes: This unusual heron is the only member of the genus "Cochlearius" - a name derived from the Latin name for a specific type of tapering Roman spoon called a "cochlearium", which literally translates to "spoon in the form of a snail shell".

#creatureawaits #boat-billed heron #Cochlearius cochlearius #unusual heron #beautiful heron #strange birds #cochlearium #spoon #birds with a sweet face #smiling animals

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A new variant has been added!

Boat-billed Heron (Cochlearius cochlearius) © Allan Harris

It hatches from big, bizarre, black, brown, daytime, huge, immature, loose, nocturnal, overall, silvery, similar, and tropical eggs.

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Boat-billed Heron

#boat billed heron #heron #Cochlearius cochlearius #Pelecaniformes #Ardeidae #Tigriornithinae #Cochlearius #bird #upl

[na-bird-of-the-day]

BOTD: Boat-billed Heron

Photo: Josh More

"A crepuscular species, it uses its unique bill to hunt amphibians, small fish, crustaceans, insects, and small vertebrates, while wading through shallow water. The courtship display of this species is quite ritualized and includes carefully coordinated bill-touching and false fighting. It has been known to nest individually or in mixed species colonies of other herons and ibises. Unlike other species of herons, the Boat-billed Heron is very aggressive when defending its nest and young against potential predators, scaring away other species of birds, and vocalizing loudly, even lunging, at approaching humans."

- iNaturalist

#birds #boat billed heron #birds of north america #north american birds #boatbill #herons #birds of mexico #birds of central america #birding #birdblr #birblr #bird watching #bird of the day #Cochlearius cochlearius

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Book About Birds. Published by R. Merrill. ca. 1850.

Internet Archive

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Boat-billed Heron (Cochlearius

cochlearius) in Costa Rica

by Stephen Powell.

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Boat-billed Heron (Cochlearius cochlearius), family Ardeidae, order Pelicaniformes, Brazil

photograph by Nishant Kumar

#heron #wading bird #cochlearius #ardeidae #pelicaniformes #bird #ornithology #south america #animals #nature

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Disney's Aves Raras vs. the real thing:

Anambé-Preto: Amazonian Umbrellabird (Cephalopterus ornatus)

Arapapá: Boat-billed Heron (Cochlearius cochlearius)

Tijereta: Fork-tailed flycatcher (Tyrannus savana)

Arapaçu de bico curvo: Curve-billed Scythebill (Campylorhamphus procurvoides)

Marrequito (?): Yellow-chinned Spinetail (Certhiaxis cinnamomeus)

Photo credit:

Joao Quental / Macaulay Library

Luzate Amaral / WikiAves

Cláudio Dias Timm / Idaho Fish and Game

Anne Bielamowicz / Macaulay Library

Stephen Jay

#disney #the three caballeros #birds #photos #aves raras #comparisons #comparison #animation #animated #cartoon #gifs #animals #disneyedit #disney edit #disneygifs #filmedit #film edit #film gifs #filmgifs #movie gifs #movie edit

[magnetothemagnificent]

I am on Spring break so I finally get to focus on birding again! Today's birds:

Little blue heron

Black vulture

Great egret

Sandhill crane

Mourning dove

Cattle egret

Great blue heron

Anhinga

Double crested cormorant

Red winged Blackbird

Limpkin

Wood stork

White ibis

Muskovy duck

Boat-tailed grackle

American crow

American coot

Common gallinule

Common grackle

Glossy ibis

Palm warbler

Common grackle

Osprey

American purple gallinule

Wood duck

Red shouldered hawk

Pied billed grebe

Royal tern

Eastern Phoebe

Roseate spoonbill

Black-bellied Whistling duck

Tricolor heron

Northern harrier

Yellow rumped warbler

Tree swallow

Swallow tailed kite

Ring billed gull

Turkey vulture

Little blue heron

Mallard

White pelican

Red eyed vireo

Mulard

Pekin x Mallard Hybrid (there was this fascinating flock of ducks consisting of mallards, feral pekins, muskovy ducks, mulards (muskovy x mallard hybrid), and Pekin/mallard hybrids)

Feral American pekin

#birds #birding #today's birds

[teecupangel]

Found another animal to annoy Desmond with: boat-billed heron

The unofficial bird of the Brotherhood is the eagle. No one has tried to refute that. Before they were called Assassins, eagles have always been their companion of some kind.

So it was not surprising that everyone and their parents were talking about how Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad had gotten himself a bird companion.

… that wasn’t an eagle.

Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad was what most Assassin aspire to be, unless the name of that Assassin was Malik Al-Sayf then Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad was the Assassin he absolutely didn’t want to be.

Even if some of them are annoyed by his arrogance, they cannot deny his skills and intellect. Which only makes the fact that Altaïr’s bird companion was some strange massive bill that reminded some of them of the underside of a boat.

It was like the heavens had punished Altaïr for his arrogance. The bird was strange-looking enough that anyone who saw it would be curious, making any attempts of stealth be useless.

They don’t call it a curse in front of Altaïr’s face, of course. They weren’t suicidal.

… unless the name of the Assassin was Abbas Sofian then that fool deliberately insult both Altaïr and his bird in their faces. Other Assassins simply sighed and ignored it, having lived with the two’s animosity for so long that it had become a norm at this point.

Then they heard Abbas scream and turned back around to find the bird had started to attack the man, trying to peck his eyes out with his large bill.

Altaïr was trying to stop the bird, “You’ll hurt yourself, Desmond! Stop!”

… worried more about the bird than the brother it was attacking.

Of course.

Altaïr had always been a strange boy.

This entire debacle ended with Al Mualim punishing both Assassins, Abbas for his careless words and Altaïr for being unable to control his bird.

1 week in the dungeons.

1 week of the bird terrorizing Al Mualim as if to protest for its owner’s cruel fate.

Nothing serious.

He perched on the window behind Al Mualim with eyes glaring daggers hard enough that the other Assassins were worried that it would actually try to attack Al Mualim.

Missing documents later to be found in other places that would make Al Mualim’s back ache.

Tipping the black ink bottle while it was open, purposely missing any of the paper on the table but wasting the ink and dirtying the table.

Sitting on Al Mualim’s head until Al Mualim shoo him away, only to return after Al Mualim had started to relax once more.

The bird was a terror to everyone but Altaïr.

… and Kadar, apparently. But considering how ‘close’ Kadar was to Altaïr, it wasn’t any surprising.

By the end of Altaïr’s punishment in the dungeon, everyone was relieved…

… including Al Mualim.

#desmond’s pettiness is mild because he’s not yet sure if this al mualim is already a templar #he’s giving him the benefit of the doubt #desmond was given a big bill and my god he was going to use it #after this incident #every time abbas and altair’s path intersect #desmond would try to peck his eyes out #even when they ignore each other #desmond is turned into an animal subgenre #desmond is turned into a creature subgenre #assassin's creed #desmond miles #altaïr ibn la'ahad #ask and answer #teecup writes/has a plot #fic idea: assassin's creed

[todaysbird]

Hi!! Do you know who this is?? The zookeeper said her name is Ellen but I don't remember the type. Thank you! (:

She was staring me down & I loved it!

Ellen is a Boat Billed Heron! :)

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Boat-billed Heron

#boat billed heron #heron #Cochlearius cochlearius #Pelecaniformes #Ardeidae #Tigriornithinae #Cochlearius #bird #upl