Bare-throated Tiger-Heron
A bulky heron in the style of the
night-herons...a solitary breeder,
not normally found in heron colonies.
Tigrisoma mexicanum
(L 28-32" WT2.6 lbs)
Crooked Tree Wildlife
Sanctuary
08Mar2019
© Gregory
Budney
Macaulay
Library
© Wikipedia
Tigrisoma in Greek
means
tiger body.
“Where does the Tiger-Heron
Spend the Night”
(a well-reviewed children’s book
by Margaret Carney)