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Definition of boatbill in English: boatbillnoun ˈbəʊtbɪlˈbōtˌbil 1A small Central and South American heron with a broad flattened bill and a prominent black crest. Cochlearius cochlearius, family Ardeidae Example sentencesExamples - In the ponds we may encounter the Green Ibis, Snowy Egrets, Boatbill heron, the Purple Gallinule and the Wattled Jacana and many others.
- The Hacienda La Pacifica resort complex, adjacent to these preserves, is popular with birders for the natural habitat along the river right on its grounds, where boat-billed herons come to roost.
- The boatbill is a nocturnal animal and a shallow-water feeder.
- Entire avian families, including cotingas, manakins, toucans, and ground antbirds, are essentially confined to the Neotropics, as are such unique species as screamers, trumpeters, sunbittern, hoatzin, and boat-billed heron.
- Our guide was especially knowledgeable about the bird life and was able to show us three boat-billed herons - magnificent tropical birds with broad bills.
2A flycatcher that has a very broad flattened bill with a hooked tip, found mainly in New Guinea. Genus Machaerirhynchus, family Monarchidae: two species Also called flatbill flycatcher
Definition of boatbill in US English: boatbill(also boat-billed heron) nounˈbōtˌbil A small Central and South American heron with a broad, flattened bill and a prominent black crest. Cochlearius cochlearius, family Ardeidae Example sentencesExamples - The Hacienda La Pacifica resort complex, adjacent to these preserves, is popular with birders for the natural habitat along the river right on its grounds, where boat-billed herons come to roost.
- The boatbill is a nocturnal animal and a shallow-water feeder.
- Our guide was especially knowledgeable about the bird life and was able to show us three boat-billed herons - magnificent tropical birds with broad bills.
- Entire avian families, including cotingas, manakins, toucans, and ground antbirds, are essentially confined to the Neotropics, as are such unique species as screamers, trumpeters, sunbittern, hoatzin, and boat-billed heron.
- In the ponds we may encounter the Green Ibis, Snowy Egrets, Boatbill heron, the Purple Gallinule and the Wattled Jacana and many others.
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