- White-crested Bittern
Taxobox
name = White-crested Bittern
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Aves
ordo =Ciconiiformes
familia =Ardeidae
genus = "Tigriornis"
species = "T. leucolopha"
binomial = "Tigriornis leucolopha"
binomial_authority = (Jardine, 1846)
synonyms = Tigriornis leucolophus (Jardine, 1846) [orthographic error] The White-crested Bittern ("Tigriornis leucolopha") is a species ofheron in theArdeidae family. It is in themonotypic genus "Tigriornis".It is found inAngola ,Benin ,Cameroon ,Central African Republic ,Republic of the Congo ,Democratic Republic of the Congo ,Ivory Coast ,Equatorial Guinea ,Gabon ,Gambia ,Ghana ,Guinea ,Guinea-Bissau ,Liberia ,Mauritania ,Nigeria ,Senegal ,Sierra Leone , andTogo .ource
* BirdLife International 2005. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/40255/all Tigriornis leucolopha] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 24 July 2007.
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