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Cocoi Heron and Reflection (Ardea cocoi)

Cuiaba River

The Pantanal

Brazil

South America

 

On the Cuiaba River, these herons could be found about every quarter mile on the shoreline protecting their territories.

 

The cocoi heron (Ardea cocoi) is a species of heron in the family Ardeidae. It is common and widespread throughout most of South America including Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela. It is a non-breeding visitor to Trinidad and Tobago and a vagrant to the Falkland Islands and Tristan da Cunha. Its natural habitats are rivers, swamps, and freshwater lakes. - Wikipedia

 

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