Tigrisoma

{{Short description|Genus of birds}} {{automatic taxobox | image = Bird-001-rj.jpg | image_caption = Bare-throated tiger heron (''Tigrisoma mexicanum'') | taxon = Tigrisoma | authority = Swainson, 1827 | type_species = ''Ardea tigrina'' }}

'''''Tigrisoma''''' is a genus of herons in the family Ardeidae.

The genus was erected by the English naturalist William Swainson in 1827, with the rufescent tiger heron (''Tigrisoma lineatum'') as the type species.<ref>{{ cite journal | last=Swainson | first=William | author-link=William Swainson | year=1827 | title=On several groups and forms in ornithology, not hitherto defined | journal=Zoological Journal | volume=3 | pages=343–363 [362] | url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27485888 }}</ref><ref>{{ cite book | editor1-last=Mayr | editor1-first=Ernst | editor1-link=Ernst Mayr | editor2-last=Cottrell | editor2-first=G. William | year=1979 | title=Check-list of Birds of the World | volume=1 | edition=2nd | publisher=Museum of Comparative Zoology | place=Cambridge, Massachusetts | page=234 | url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16108874 }}</ref> The genus name combines the Ancient Greek ''tigris'', meaning "tiger" and ''sôma'', meaning "body".<ref>{{cite book | last=Jobling | first=James A. | year=2010| title=The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names | url=https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling | publisher=Christopher Helm | location=London | isbn= 978-1-4081-2501-4 | page=[https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling/page/n386 386] }}</ref>

==Species== Three species are placed in the genus:<ref name=ioc>{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist) | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | year=2019 | title=Ibis, spoonbills, herons, hamerkop, shoebill, pelicans | work=World Bird List Version 9.2 | url=https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/pelicans/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union | accessdate=17 July 2019 }}</ref> {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Image !! Name !! Common name!! Distribution |- |120px || ''Tigrisoma mexicanum'' || Bare-throated tiger heron|| from Mexico to northwestern Colombia, with one recorded sighting from the United States in Hidalgo County, Texas |- |120px || ''Tigrisoma fasciatum'' || Fasciated tiger heron|| from Costa Rica through northwestern Argentina, southeastern Brazil, and Guyana; it has been recorded as a vagrant in Nicaragua |- |120px || ''Tigrisoma lineatum'' || Rufescent tiger heron|| Central America through much of South America |- |}

Beautiful in flight, with great markings on the feathers. Nest mostly resembles a jumbled pile of twigs with openings large enough to allow eggs to fall through occasionally. Call sounds like a sick cow. A contrast in elegance and coarseness.

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Category:Tigrisoma Category:Bird genera Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Category:Taxa named by William Swainson