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Tigrisoma mexicanum
The throat is bare and is greenish-yellow to orange in all plumages. 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. The juvenile is buff coarsely barred with black, more mottled and vermiculated on wings; the throat, median underparts and belly are whitish.
Tropical dry forest in NW Costa Rica.
This photo was taken by a fiend of mine on my property, Bob Ledbetter. I have watched this bird here for over a year. he is an opportunist. During the wettest part of the rainy season these past six weeks he primarily ate earthworm one after another from the rainsoaked ground!
Spotted on Mar 18, 2011
Submitted on Nov 19, 2011
18 Comments
@ Leuba...Thanks!
@ Argy....It ate so many tigers that there aren't anymore in Central America!!!
@ Sr. Pinia...for your pleasure!
Nice 1
Magnificent and powerful looking bird - did it get it's name because it eats tigers? ;)
Beautiful plumage - thanks for posting this.
thank you Mr. Grant. as noted, I didn't take the photo. It is one of the loveliest of the herons in this area.
Very nice!
thanks karen and sachin. natures beauty is always astounding
Nice Spotting
Absolutely stunning!
Great shot IgCostaNut!
It wasn't until I saw this photo did I realize why it had "Tiger" in the name.
Lovely.
Gorgeous!
I am so lucky to have it as a "back yard bird". Thanks Atul. Credit to my friend Bob with the telephoto lens. I can never get close enough!
what a picture !! amazing and fantastic spotting
Bare-throated is the only member of the world's five tiger-heron species without streaking on its throat.
http://birding.typepad.com/peeps/2009/12...
give it a favorite!
Me 2!
thanks. this is the best shot I have seen of this species!
NICE! Your buddy has a great last name. One of the best songs of all TIME!