Fasciated Tiger Heron

Tigrisoma fasciatum (Such, 1825)

Fasciated Tiger Heron, Tigrisoma fasciatum, is a heron of the Ardeidae family found in Middle America and South America, from Costa Rica to northern Bolivia and south-eastern South America. It lives mainly in foothills and beside rocky, fast-flowing streams, and is also tied to rivers. The species was first described in 1825. It is the smallest of the tiger herons, and the adult has a black crown, slaty grey sides to the face, black upperparts with fine pale buff barring, and a black bill with a yellowish-green lower part.

Order

Pelecaniformes

Family

Ardeidae — Herons, Bitterns

Breeding range

Middle America, South America: Costa Rica to n Bolivia and se SA