Boat-billed Heron

SCI Name:  Cochlearius cochlearius
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.