Rufescent Tiger Heron

Rufescent Tiger Heron
Rufescent Tiger Heron
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Ardeidae
Genus: Tigrisoma
Species: T. lineatum
Binomial name
Tigrisoma lineatum
(Boddaert, 1783)

The Rufescent Tiger Heron (Tigrisoma lineatum), also known as the Soco-Boi, is a species of heron in the Ardeidae family.

Distribution and habitat

It is found in Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is swamps.

Juvenile
Illustration by Joseph Smit, 1898

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2008). Tigrisoma lineatum. 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.



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