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  A Display of the Boat-billed Heron, Cochlearius Cochlearius
The boatbill is one of the lesser known herons.
The sexes of the boatbill are much alike, except for the slightly smaller and grayer appearance (and shorter crest [ ?]--the plumages of this species are still inadequately understood) of the female.
It seems the boatbill's crest display is analogous to the "stretch display" of the Green Heron (Butorldes virescens) and the "stationary stretch display" of the Snowy Egret (Leucophoyx thula) (Meyerriecks, op.
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 Boatbills
It differs from Yellow-breast Boatbill in a variety of ways, including a different facial pattern (yellow of lower face wraps up behind the eye to supercilium), a yellow (not white) throat, and it has a fl breast patch.
Among those decisions is one that elevates the Boatbills to family status as the Machaerirhynchidae.
Both boatbills are striking and interesting jungle birds, and it is very interesting to learn that they evolved on a different ancestral lineage than the rest of the flycatchers in Australasia.
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 Boatbill - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Boatbill could refer to any of the following birds:
either of the two boatbills in the genus Machaerirhynchus:
This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Boatbill   (81 words)

  
 boatbill - OneLook Dictionary Search
boatbill : The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
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Words similar to boatbill: broadbill, boat-billed heron, cochlearius cochlearius, more...
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 Boatbill Scientific classification Scientific classification ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
"Boatbill" "Scientific classification Scientific classification" Kingdom Kingdom: Animal Animalia Phylum Phylum: Chordata Chordata Class Class: Aves Aves Order Order: Ciconiiformes Ciconiiformes Family Family: "Cochlearidae" "Boatbill" "Cochleariius cochlearius" is an odd bird bird related to the heron herons.
The Boatbill makes up one of the families in the order Ciconiiformes, which also includes other wading bird groups: "Ciconiiformes"
Phoenicopteridae flamingo flamingos However, it is also often considered to be a heron in the family Ardeidae, rather than being given family status.
www.biodatabase.de /Boatbill   (157 words)

  
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The boatbill heron is native to Central and South America.
It is distinguished by its large, wide, flat beak, which is shaped like an upside-down boat.
The boatbill heron is shorter and chunkier than it's heron relatives, and is usually brown or gray, with fl markings
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 Antique print: picture of Boatbill, Jacana, Eared Grebe, Crested Grebe -
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Genuine antique print of Boatbill, Jacana, Eared Grebe, Crested Grebe from Natural History by Buffon.
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 boatbills - OneLook Dictionary Search   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
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Words similar to boatbills: boatbill, cochlearius, genus cochlearius, more...
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 boatbill - English-French Dictionary - WordReference.com
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 Definition of boatbill - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
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