Rufescent Tiger Heron - BirdForum Opus

Subspecies lineatum
Photo © by Stanley Jones
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

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

Photo © by Marcelo Allende
Posadas, Mnes, Argentina, July 2012

Two subspecies are recognized^[1]:

• T. l. lineatum:

• South-east Mexico to Amazonian Brazil and northern Argentina

• 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

1. 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/
2. Arthur Grosset
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved August 2014)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2021) Rufescent Tiger Heron. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 29 April 2021 from https://www.birdforum.net/wiki/Rufescent_Tiger_Heron

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