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Cochlearius cochlearius
It measures 51 cm. and weighs 600 grams. It is stocky, big head, big dark eyes and a huge shoe- shaped beak.
They live in riparian forests (gallery forests), wetlands, margins of ponds. estuaries or mangroves.
They are mostly nocturnal and they feed on fish.
Spotted on Sep 5, 2011
Submitted on Sep 5, 2011
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Wow! I've never seen a heron like that! Super shots.