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'''Common Name:''' Bare-throated Tiger Heron<br>
'''Scientific Name:''' Tigrisoma mexicanum

'''Size:''' 28 - 32 inches (80 cm)

'''Habitat:''' Central and South America; from Mexico to northwestern Colombia. Found in more open habitats than other Tigrisoma herons, such as river banks and lake edges. It prefers fresh or brackish still waters.

'''Status:''' Least Concern. Global Population: 50,000 - 499,999. Protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918.

'''Diet:''' Small fish, frogs and crayfish. It stands motionless in the water and waits from its’ prey, striking quickly.

'''Nesting:''' The juvenile is buff coarsely barred with black, more mottled and vermiculated on wings; the throat, median under parts and belly are whitish. This heron is a solitary breeder, not normally found in heron colonies. The nest is a small flattish stick platform in a tree into which 2-3 green-tinged white eggs are laid.

'''Cool Facts''': Its flight is heavy and labored.  The call is a hoarse ‘howk-howk-howk’. Males also give a booming ‘hrrrowwr!’ call, especially at sunset. 

'''Found in Shorebirds Volume II: Herons and Bitterns'''