Tigrisoma is a genus of herons in the family Ardeidae.
| Tigrisoma | |
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| Bare-throated tiger heron (Tigrisoma mexicanum) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Pelecaniformes |
| Family: | Ardeidae |
| Subfamily: | Tigriornithinae |
| Genus: | Tigrisoma Swainson, 1827 |
| Type species | |
| Ardea tigrina | |
The genus was erected by the English naturalist William Swainson in 1827, with the rufescent tiger heron (Tigrisoma lineatum) as the type species.[1][2] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek tigris, meaning "tiger" and sôma, meaning "body".[3]
Species
editThree species are placed in the genus:[4]
| Image | Name | Common name | Distribution |
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Tigrisoma mexicanum | Bare-throated tiger heron | from Mexico to northwestern Colombia, with one recorded sighting from the United States in Hidalgo County, Texas |
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Tigrisoma fasciatum | Fasciated tiger heron | from Costa Rica through northwestern Argentina, southeastern Brazil, and Guyana; it has been recorded as a vagrant in Nicaragua |
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Tigrisoma lineatum | Rufescent tiger heron | Central America through much of South America |
Beautiful in flight, with great markings on the feathers. Nest mostly resembles a jumbled pile of twigs with openings large enough to allow eggs to fall through occasionally. Call sounds like a sick cow. A contrast in elegance and coarseness.
References
edit- ^ Swainson, William John (1827). "On several groups and forms in ornithology, not hitherto defined". Zoological Journal. 3: 343–363 [362].
- ^ Mayr, Ernst; Cottrell, G. William, eds. (1979). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 234.
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 386. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Ibis, spoonbills, herons, hamerkop, shoebill, pelicans". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
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