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Pilherodius pileatus Río Amacayacu, Amazonas, Colombia The capped heron (Pilherodius pileatus) is a water bird endemic to the neotropics, inhabiting rainforest from the center of Panama to the south of Brazil. It is the only species of the genus Pilherodius, and one of the least known of the heron family, Ardeidae. It is superficially similar to the group of the night herons, but is active during daytime or at twilight.
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ArdeidaeBirds described in 1783Birds of BrazilBirds of ColombiaBirds of PanamaBirds of the Amazon rainforestBirds of the Guiana ShieldBirds of Trinidad and TobagoBirds of VenezuelaHeronsIUCN Red List least concern speciesTaxa named by Pieter BoddaertTaxonbars with automatically added original combinationsTaxonomy articles created by Polbot