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Definition of Boat-billed heron

1. Noun. Tropical American heron related to night herons.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Boat-billed Heron

Literary usage of Boat-billed heron

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Bird: Its Form and Function by William Beebe (1906)
"... throughout most of North America, and he fishes in legitimate heron fashion; but his near relative, the boat-billed heron, is a more tropical species. ..."

2. Two Bird-lovers in Mexico by William Beebe (1905)
"One was shot, while I was catering for our larder, by a stray pellet from a charge fired at a flock of doves. boat-billed heron. ..."

3. Zoology for High Schools and Colleges by Alpheus Spring Packard (1879)
"With the true herons are associated the night herons and the bitterns of the United States, the boat-billed heron of Central America, ..."

4. Zoology for High Schools and Colleges by Alpheus Spring Packard (1886)
"With the true herons are associated the night herons and the bitterns of the United States, the boat-billed heron of Central America, ..."

5. Zoology by Alpheus Spring Packard (1883)
"With the true herons are associated the night herons and the bitterns of the United States, the boat-billed heron of Central America, and the odd. ..."

6. Mexico's Pacific Coast by Vivien Lougheed (2004)
"Especially important in this region is the boat-billed heron. The delicate environment of the mangrove is being threatened by tourism due to the demand for ..."

7. Annual Report of the New York Zoological Society by New York Zoological Society (1914)
"... and a yellow-billed coot (Fulica leucoptera), were received from Argentina, and a delightfully tame southern boat-billed heron (Cochlearius cochlearius) ..."

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