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Vertebrates (Subphylum Vertebrata)
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Birds of Zihuatanejo
CLASS AVES
Boat-billed Heron
Cochlearius cochlearius
The Boat-billed Heron is an atypical member of the heron family. 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 2-4 bluish white eggs in a twig nest. The massive broad scoop-like bill, which gives rise to this species' name, is mainly black This species feeds on fish, mice, water snakes, eggs, crustaceans, insects and amphibians. Its calls include a deep croak and a high-pitched pee-pee-pee.
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