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title: "Czapla czarnobrzucha"
description: "Ardea cocoi — Ptaki. The cocoi heron (Ardea cocoi) is a species of long-legged wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae found across South America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/cocoi-heron
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Czapla czarnobrzucha

> Ardea cocoi — Ptaki. The cocoi heron (Ardea cocoi) is a species of long-legged wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae found across South America.

- Scientific name: *Ardea cocoi*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Jeziora i rzeki)
- iNaturalist observations: 15305
- Wikidata: [Q911449](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q911449)
- iNaturalist taxon: [4952](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4952)

## Names

- en: Cocoi Heron
- de: Cocoireiher
- es: Garza mora
- fr: Héron cocoi
- nl: Sokoireiger
- pt: Garça-moura
- pl: Czapla czarnobrzucha

## Countries with the most observations

AR (5096), BR (4493), CO (1154), CL (1128), EC (854), PE (672), BO (502), PA (321), UY (317), GF (83), GY (76), PY (64)

## Summary

The cocoi heron (Ardea cocoi) is a species of long-legged wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae found across South America. It has predominantly pale grey plumage with a darker grey crest. A carnivore, it hunts fish and crustaceans in shallow water.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocoi_heron

## Photo

![Czapla czarnobrzucha](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/cocoi-heron/medium.jpg)

Photo: Hugo Hulsberg · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/277861504

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/cocoi-heron?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).