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Tigrisoma mexicanum
The adult has black crown and light grey sides of head, the sides of the neck and the upperparts otherwise blackish narrowly barred buff. The median stripe down the foreneck is white bordered with black; the remaining underparts are dull cinnamon brown.
Mangrove swamp.
Spotted on Dec 26, 2012
Submitted on Feb 11, 2013
5 Comments
Thank you Reiko and Evelyn
Beautiful!
Beautiful spotting.
Thank you Cody. They are pretty big.
One of my favorite Herons in Central and South America, nice spot! We had one in South texas 3 years ago!