Cocoi Heron

Here the details of the Cocoi Heron named bird below:

SCI Name:  Ardea cocoi
Protonym:  Ardea Cocoi Syst.Nat.ed.12 ed.12 p.237
Taxonomy:  Pelecaniformes / Ardeidae / Ardea
Taxonomy Code:  cocher1
Type Locality:  Cayenne.
Author:  Linnaeus
Publish Year:  1766
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

ARDEA
(Ardeidae; Ϯ Grey Heron A. cinerea) L. ardea  heron. In Roman myth. the town of Ardea, capital of the Rutuli, was razed to the ground, and from the ashes rose a pale, lean bird, shaking the cinders from its wings and uttering mournful cries; "76. ARDEA.  Rostrum rectum, acutum, longum, subcompressum, sulco e naribus, versus apicem exaratum.  Pedes tetradactyli." (Linnaeus 1758); "Ardea Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, p. 141. Type, by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1840, List Gen. Birds, p. 60), Ardea cinerea Linnaeus." (Payne in Peters, 1979, I, ed. 2, p. 195). Linnaeus's Ardea comprised nineteen species (A. pavonina, A. Virgo, A. canadensis, A. Grus, A. americana, A. Antigone, A. Ciconia, A. nigra, A. Nycticorax, A. cinerea, A. Herodias, A. violacea, A. cærulea, A. striata, A. virescens, A. stellaris, A. alba, A. Ibis, A. æquinoctialis).
Var. Ardaea, Ardeae, Ardua.   
Synon. Afrardea, Ardeomega, Audubonia, Casmerodius, Erodius, Herodias, Megerodius, Mesophoyx, Myola, Phoyx, Pyrrherodia, Tonophoyx, Typhon.

cocoes / cocoi
Cayenne Amerindian names Cocoi or Cuca for the Cocoi Heron (cf. Tupí name Socó (bird with) halting walk, for various herons).
● ex “Héron hupé de Cayenne” of Brisson 1760 (Ardea).
● ex “Honoré de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 790, and “Onoré” of de Buffon 1770-1786 (syn. Tigrisoma lineatum).