White-crested Tiger Heron

White-crested Tiger Heron
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Pelecaniformes
Family:	Ardeidae
Genus:	Tigriornis
Species:	T. leucolopha
Binomial name
Tigriornis leucolopha (Jardine, 1846)
Synonyms
Tigriornis leucolophus (Jardine, 1846) [orthographic error]

The White-crested Tiger Heron (Tigriornis leucolopha), also known as the White-crested Bittern, is a species of heron in the Ardeidae family. It is in the monotypic genus Tigriornis.^{[citation needed]} It is found in Angola, 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, and Togo.

References

• BirdLife International (2008). Tigriornis leucolopha. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 3 February 2009. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern.