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Birds
Bare-throated tiger heron
Bare-throated tiger heron · Tigrisoma mexicanum
The bare-throated tiger heron is a rare shoreline hunter with a striped breast and bare throat, perfectly camouflaged among mangroves and riverbanks.
Fact file
- Size
- 70 cm tall, around 1.2 kg in weight with a powerful neck and short bill
- Males and females
- Females and males look similar, males slightly larger
- Sounds
- Rich, rasping croak, especially when alarmed or defending its territory
- Diet
- Fish, frogs, crustaceans and insects in shallow water
- Offspring
- Egg-laying usually in the dry season, two to three chicks in a well-hidden nest
How to identify Bare-throated tiger heron
The bare-throated tiger heron is a medium-sized, compact heron with a strikingly striped breast and dark back. Typical is the bare, yellowish to greenish throat area, which is especially visible when the bird raises its head. Its plumage shows a pattern of black-brown and beige transverse stripes on the neck and breast, while the back and wings appear dark olive to slate grey.
It grows up to 70 centimetres tall and looks stocky, with a powerful neck and a relatively short, strong bill. In silhouette the bare-throated tiger heron, with its upright stance and compact build, is reminiscent of a small fossil. It can be confused with the rufescent tiger heron, which is smaller and does not show a bare throat patch.
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