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Tiger Heron

Tigrisoma mexicanum

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Description:

Bare-throated tiger-heron (Juvenile)

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Comments (6)
Dixie
Very nice pics! We have herons but not like this. Beautiful.
Ashish
Nice spotting, amazing colours..!!
Carolina
It is beautiful, I really like the way it looks in the second picture.
Dan Doucette
Nice! I saw many of these in the Pantanal in Brazil but they were all adults. They lose their tiger patterns when mature, so I never really got to see why they were called Tiger Heron. Now I see!

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PublishedMay 6, 2011

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