Fasciated Tiger Heron

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Photo by: Gary Clark
Rio Silanche, Ecuador

Tigrisoma fasciatum

Identification

Length 62-66cm (24-26in.)
Typical body shape of a heron, with long neck, but often not extended. Body appears overall dark at a distance, but it has a fine pattern of stripes and bars. The neck and upper breast shows a single, vertical brown stripe bordered by white or buff plumage. Yellow markings on face. Top of flat head is slaty.

Distribution

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Neck extended. Photo by: Gary Clark
Rio Silanche, Ecuador

In Central America occurs in Honduras, Costa Rica and Panama and in South America found from Colombia and Venezuela south to Bolivia and north-west Argentina with a separate area of range in south-eastern Brazil and north-east Argentina.

Resident.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 3 subspecies^[1]:

• T. f. salmoni: is smaller and more finely-barred

• Costa Rica to Venezuela and northern Bolivia

• T. f. fasciatum:

• South-eastern Brazil to north-eastern Argentina

• T. f. pallescens: is paler

• North-western Argentina

Habitat

Reini
Sarapiqui River, Costa Rica, February 2005

Fast-flowing streams in humid montane forest.

Behaviour

Often stands on a boulder in mid-stream, catching fish from fast-flowing water. Patient, holds same pose for a considerable period, again typical of the family.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Fasciated Tiger Heron. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 2 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Fasciated_Tiger_Heron

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