Bare-throated Tiger Heron

Tigrisoma mexicanum

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Pelecaniformes
Family
Ardeidae
Genus
Tigrisoma
eBird Code
btther1

Distribution

wet lowlands of coastal western and eastern Mexico (from southern Sonora and southern Tamaulipas) southward through Central America to far northwestern Colombia (lower Atrato Valley), with an extremely disjunct population in northwestern Peru

Vocalizations

Hersson Ramírez · CC_BY_4_0

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.