Boat-billed Heron
Cochlearius cochlearius
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPelecaniformes (Pelicaniformes)
- FamilyArdeidae (Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns)
- GenusCochlearius
- SpeciesCochlearius cochlearius (Boat-billed Heron)
Closest Relatives at Pico Bonito National Park
Cattle Egret
Bubulcus ibis
Great Egret
Ardea alba
Little Blue Heron
Egretta caerulea
Snowy Egret
Egretta thula
Green Heron
Butorides virescens
Tricolored Heron
Egretta tricolor
Bare-throated Tiger Heron
Tigrisoma mexicanum
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Nyctanassa violacea
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias
Black-crowned Night Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
Agami Heron
Agamia agami
White Ibis
Eudocimus albus
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Boat-billed Heron in Pico Bonito National Park?
About 2% of visitor-days record a Boat-billed Heron sighting in Pico Bonito National Park, based on 15 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Boat-billed Heron in Pico Bonito National Park?
February has the highest sighting rate for Boat-billed Heron in Pico Bonito National Park in our monthly data.