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Bare-throated Tiger Heron

Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Ciconiiformes
Family:Ardeidae
Genus:Tigrisoma
Species:T. mexicanum
Binomial name
Tigrisoma mexicanum
Swainson, 1834


The Bare-Throated Tiger Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum is a wading bird of the heron family Ardeidae, found from Mexico to northwestern Colombia. It is 80 cm (28–32") in length and weighs 1200 g.

This large species is found in more open habitats than other Tigrisoma herons, such as river and lake banks. It waits often motionless for suitable prey such as fish, frogs or crabs to come within reach of its long bill.

This is a solitary breeder, not normally found in heron colonies. The nest is a small flattish stick platform in a tree into which 2-3 green-tinged white eggs are laid.

Description

The throat is bare and is greenish-yellow to orange in all plumages. The adult has black crown and light grey sides of head, the sides of the neck and the upperparts otherwise blackish narrowly barred buff. The median stripe down the foreneck is white bordered with black; the remaining underparts are dull cinnamon brown. The juvenile is buff coarsely barred with black, more mottled and vermiculated on wings; the throat, median underparts and belly are whitish.

The flight is heavy, and the call is a hoarse howk-howk-howk. Males also give a booming hrrrowwr! call, especially at sunset.

References

  • BirdLife International (2004). Tigrisoma mexicanum. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
  • Robert S. Ridgely and John A. Gwynne - Birds of Panama with Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Honduras
  • Stiles and Skutch, A guide to the birds of Costa Rica ISBN 978-0-8014-9600-4
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Chordata
Bateson, 1885

Typical Classes

See below

Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates.
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Aves
Linnaeus, 1758

Orders

About two dozen - see section below

Birds (class Aves) are bipedal, warm-blooded, egg-laying vertebrate animals.
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Ciconiiformes
Bonaparte, 1854

Families
  • Ardeidae
  • Cochlearidae (the Boat-billed Heron)
  • Balaenicipitidae (the Shoebill)
  • Scopidae (the Hammerkop)
  • Ciconiidae
  • Threskiornithidae
  • Cathartidae
Traditionally, the order
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Ardeidae
Leach, 1820

Genera

See text.

The herons are wading birds in the Ardeidae family. Some are called egrets or bitterns instead of herons.
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Tigrisoma

Tigrisoma is a genus of heron in the Ardeidae family. It contains the following species:
  • Fasciated Tiger-heron (Tigrisoma fasciatum)
  • Rufescent Tiger-heron (Tigrisoma lineatum)

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binomial nomenclature is the formal system of naming species. The system is also called binominal nomenclature (particularly in zoological circles), binary nomenclature (particularly in botanical circles), or the binomial classification system.
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William John Swainson FLS, FRS (October 8, 1789 - December 6, 1855), was an English ornithologist, malacologist, conchologist, entomologist and artist.

Swainson was born in Dover Place, St.
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Aves
Linnaeus, 1758

Orders

About two dozen - see section below

Birds (class Aves) are bipedal, warm-blooded, egg-laying vertebrate animals.
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Ardeidae
Leach, 1820

Genera

See text.

The herons are wading birds in the Ardeidae family. Some are called egrets or bitterns instead of herons.
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Ardeidae
Leach, 1820

Genera

See text.

The herons are wading birds in the Ardeidae family. Some are called egrets or bitterns instead of herons.
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Anthem
Himno Nacional Mexicano


Capital
(and largest city) Mexico City

Official languages Spanish (
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Motto
"Libertad y Orden"   (Spanish)
"Liberty and Order"
Anthem
Oh, Gloria Inmarcesible!
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Plumage refers both to the layer of feathers that cover a bird and the pattern, colour, and arrangement of those feathers. The pattern and colours of plumage vary between species and subspecies and can also vary between different age classes, sexes, and season.
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crown is the top of the head.

The following birds and other animals are said to have a crown on their head:
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International Organization
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