Herons, Bitterns

Cocoi Heron

Ardea cocoi

The Cocoi Heron (Ardea cocoi) is a 1.8 kg wetland bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. It stays put all year.

Family

Herons, Bitterns

Order

Pelecaniformes

Weight

1.8 kg

Habitat

Wetland

Diet

Vertebrates, fish and carrion

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

15

Photo: (c) Ezequiel Vera, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist