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Neotropical Tiger-Herons
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Neotropical Tiger-Herons

Tigrisoma

Tigrisoma is a genus of herons in the family Ardeidae.

The genus was erected by the English naturalist William Swainson in 1827, with the rufescent tiger heron (Tigrisoma lineatum) as the type species. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek tigris, meaning "tiger" and sôma, meaning "body".

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species

Bare-throated Tiger-Heron

speciesTigrisoma mexicanum

Rufescent Tiger-Heron

speciesTigrisoma lineatum

Fasciated Tiger-Heron

speciesTigrisoma fasciatum

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 5047.