Subspecies lineatum
Photo © by Stanley Jones
Villa Carmen Lodge, Pilicopata, Cusco Department, Peru, September 2018
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Villa Carmen Lodge, Pilicopata, Cusco Department, Peru, September 2018
- Tigrisoma lineatum
Identification
Juvenile
Photo © by Stanley Jones
Sani Lodge, Challuacocha Lagoon, Sucumbios Province, Ecuador, January 2016
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Sani Lodge, Challuacocha Lagoon, Sucumbios Province, Ecuador, January 2016
66–76 cm (26-30 in)
Very long bill
- Chestnut head, chest and neck with a white stripe down the front
- Slate flanks and underwings
- Ochre-tinged grey abdomen
- Black upperparts covered with fine white barring
Immature: broad black barring on a browny-buff base
Distribution
Central and South America:
Central America: Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama
South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina
Taxonomy
Subspecies
Two subspecies are recognized[1]:
- T. l. lineatum:
- T. l. marmoratum:
- Central Bolivia to eastern Brazil and north-eastern Argentina
Habitat
Undergrowth on river banks and swamps.
Behaviour
Diet
Their diet consists of fish, amphibians, grasshoppers, snakes, crustaceans etc.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Arthur Grosset
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved August 2014)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Rufescent Tiger Heron. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 4 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Rufescent_Tiger_Heron
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