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
          
         
         
            
               Tigrisoma in Greek
               means tiger body.
          
         
            
               “Where does the Tiger-Heron
               Spend the Night”
            
               (a well-reviewed children’s book
               by Margaret Carney)