Birds of Ecuador

    PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae (Herons, Bitterns)  
Genus: Tigrisoma (2 species, 3 worldwide)


Fasciated Tiger Heron
Fasciated Tiger Heron (Tigrisoma fasciatum salmoni)
Darien National Park, Panama  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Smaller than the Bare-throated Tiger Heron, and with a white throat. Usually found along mountain streams.

Rufescent Tiger Heron
Rufescent Tiger Heron (Tigrisoma lineatum lineatum)
Hato Aurora, Casanare, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Rufescent Tiger Heron
Rufescent Tiger Heron (Tigrisoma lineatum) Immature
Guarinocito, Caldas, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.



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