What is "boatbill"

Boatbill \Boat"bill`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)

1. A wading bird ( Cancroma cochlearia) of the tropical parts of South America. Its bill is somewhat like a boat with the keel uppermost.

2. A perching bird of India, of the genus Eurylaimus.

n. A form of heron, ''Cochlearius cochlearius'', native to Central and South America

n. tropical American heron related to night herons [syn: boat-billed heron, broadbill, Cochlearius cochlearius]

Boatbill can refer to a number of bird species:

• the boat-billed heron, Cochlearius cochlearius
• the boat-billed flycatcher, Megarynchus pitangua
• either of the two boatbills in the genus Machaerirhynchus:
  • Black-breasted boatbill, M. nigripectus
  • Yellow-breasted boatbill, M. flaviventer