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 LC    Rufescent Tiger-Heron* Id (Atlas):
    Tigrisoma lineatum

Description (10)
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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.

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) [XC231222]
     by John V. Moore from Caraj\u00e1s, Salobo area, Par\u00e1, Brazil (call)

 
Rufescent Tiger Heron (Tigrisoma lineatum) [XC657821]
     by Dante Buzzetti from Rio Pixaim,Pocon\u00e9,Mato Grosso, Brazil (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
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Files:
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