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Rufescent Tiger-heron
Tigrosoma lineatum
-0.64, -76.15
Field Notes
Description:
The rufescent tiger heron (Tigrisoma lineatum) is a species of heron in the family Ardeidae. It is found in wetlands from Central America through much of South America. The rufescent tiger heron is a medium-sized heron, measuring 26–30 in (66–76 cm) in length, with a mass between 630 and 980 g. The sexes are similarly plumaged. The adult's head, neck and chest are dark rufous, with a white stripe down the center of the foreneck. The remainder of its upperparts are brownish with fine black vermiculations, its belly and vent are buffy-brown, and its flanks are barred black and white. Its stout bill is yellowish to dusky, and its legs are dull green.
Habitat:
In Ecuador, it is widespread (but never numerous) in swampy and varzea forest along lakes and streams in lowlands of the Amazon.
Notes:
Picture taken with a camera-trap, as part of a project looking at diversity and abundance of ground mammals and birds.
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