Boat-billed Heron
Boat-billed Heron
Here the details of the Boat-billed Heron named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Cancroma Cochlearia Syst.Nat.ed.12 ed.12 p.233
Taxonomy: Pelecaniformes / Ardeidae / Cochlearius
Taxonomy Code: bobher1
Type Locality: Guiana.
Author: Linnaeus
Publish Year: 1766
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
COCHLEARIUS
(Ardeidae; Ϯ Boat-billed Heron C. cochlearius) L. cocleare, coclearis or cochlearium spoon in the form of a snail-shell < coclea snail < Gr. κοχλιας kokhlias snail; the specialised, sensitive bill of the nocturnal Boat-billed Heron is an adaptation for vacuuming up shrimps and other prey items in the darkness; "Cochlearius . Genus 83. ... Rostrum crassum, breve: Mandibula superior cochleariformis, apice unguiculata. **1. LA CUILLIERE ... COCHLEARIUS. ... Les François de la Guiane l'appellent SAOUAKOU." (Brisson 1760): based on "Onocrotalus Americanus" of Barrère 1745; "Cochlearius Brisson, Orn., 1, 1760, p. 48; 5, 1760, p. 506. Type, by tautonymy, [Cochlearius] cochlearius Brisson = Cancroma cochlearia Linné." (Peters, 1931, I, p. 125).
Var. Cochlearis.
Synon. Cancroma, Cymbops.
cochlearius
L. cocleare, coclearis or cochlearium spoon in the form of a snail-shell < coclea snail < Gr. κοχλιας kokhlias snail.
● ex “Cuillière” of Brisson 1760 (Cochlearius).
COCHLEARIUS
(Ardeidae; Ϯ Boat-billed Heron C. cochlearius) L. cocleare, coclearis or cochlearium spoon in the form of a snail-shell < coclea snail < Gr. κοχλιας kokhlias snail; the specialised, sensitive bill of the nocturnal Boat-billed Heron is an adaptation for vacuuming up shrimps and other prey items in the darkness; "Cochlearius . Genus 83. ... Rostrum crassum, breve: Mandibula superior cochleariformis, apice unguiculata. **1. LA CUILLIERE ... COCHLEARIUS. ... Les François de la Guiane l'appellent SAOUAKOU." (Brisson 1760): based on "Onocrotalus Americanus" of Barrère 1745; "Cochlearius Brisson, Orn., 1, 1760, p. 48; 5, 1760, p. 506. Type, by tautonymy, [Cochlearius] cochlearius Brisson = Cancroma cochlearia Linné." (Peters, 1931, I, p. 125).
Var. Cochlearis.
Synon. Cancroma, Cymbops.
cochlearius
L. cocleare, coclearis or cochlearium spoon in the form of a snail-shell < coclea snail < Gr. κοχλιας kokhlias snail.
● ex “Cuillière” of Brisson 1760 (Cochlearius).
SUBSPECIES
Boat-billed Heron (Northern)
SCI Name: Cochlearius cochlearius [zeledoni Group]
COCHLEARIUS
(Ardeidae; Ϯ Boat-billed Heron C. cochlearius) L. cocleare, coclearis or cochlearium spoon in the form of a snail-shell < coclea snail < Gr. κοχλιας kokhlias snail; the specialised, sensitive bill of the nocturnal Boat-billed Heron is an adaptation for vacuuming up shrimps and other prey items in the darkness; "Cochlearius . Genus 83. ... Rostrum crassum, breve: Mandibula superior cochleariformis, apice unguiculata. **1. LA CUILLIERE ... COCHLEARIUS. ... Les François de la Guiane l'appellent SAOUAKOU." (Brisson 1760): based on "Onocrotalus Americanus" of Barrère 1745; "Cochlearius Brisson, Orn., 1, 1760, p. 48; 5, 1760, p. 506. Type, by tautonymy, [Cochlearius] cochlearius Brisson = Cancroma cochlearia Linné." (Peters, 1931, I, p. 125).
Var. Cochlearis.
Synon. Cancroma, Cymbops.
Boat-billed Heron (Southern)
SCI Name: Cochlearius cochlearius cochlearius/panamensis
COCHLEARIUS
(Ardeidae; Ϯ Boat-billed Heron C. cochlearius) L. cocleare, coclearis or cochlearium spoon in the form of a snail-shell < coclea snail < Gr. κοχλιας kokhlias snail; the specialised, sensitive bill of the nocturnal Boat-billed Heron is an adaptation for vacuuming up shrimps and other prey items in the darkness; "Cochlearius . Genus 83. ... Rostrum crassum, breve: Mandibula superior cochleariformis, apice unguiculata. **1. LA CUILLIERE ... COCHLEARIUS. ... Les François de la Guiane l'appellent SAOUAKOU." (Brisson 1760): based on "Onocrotalus Americanus" of Barrère 1745; "Cochlearius Brisson, Orn., 1, 1760, p. 48; 5, 1760, p. 506. Type, by tautonymy, [Cochlearius] cochlearius Brisson = Cancroma cochlearia Linné." (Peters, 1931, I, p. 125).
Var. Cochlearis.
Synon. Cancroma, Cymbops.
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)