Rufescent Tiger-Heron (Tigrisoma lineatum)

Other Names (World)
Rufescent Tiger-Heron, Lined Tiger-Heron, Banded Tiger-Heron, Rufescent Tiger Heron

Family
Ardeidae (Herons)

Size
66 - 76 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Boddaert, 1783)

Habitat
Inlands wetlands. From sea-level - 1,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay (B), Venezuela.

Vagrant to Belize.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (36)...)

Rufescent Tiger Heron (Tigrisoma lineatum) [XC365183]
by Pedro Rinaldi from Parque Nacional Chaco, Chaco, Argentina (call)

Rufescent Tiger Heron (Tigrisoma lineatum) [XC325566]
by GABRIEL LEITE from Itapiranga, Amazonas, Brazil (flight call)

Subspecies
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

lineatum (Boddaert, 1783) - South-eastern Mexico to western Ecuador and east through Amazonia to northern Bolivia, eastern Brazil and north-eastern Argentina.
marmoratum (Vieillot, 1817) - Central Bolivia to eastern Brazil and south to north-eastern Argentina.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Rufescent Tiger-Heron (Tigrisoma lineatum) - 10 files

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