Boat-billed Heron
 Cochlearius cochlearius
   (L 21.3")
A bit strange-looking
...ranges from Mexico to Peru
and Brazil...is nocturnal.
Tarcol Lodge
04Jan2008
juvenile
© Andrew
Spencer
Macaulay
Library
Cochlearius in Latin means
spoon (for the bill shape).
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CATIE
10Feb2010