White-crested Bittern

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 of heron in the Ardeidae family. It is in the monotypic genus "Tigriornis".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.

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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