Striped heron
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Striped Heron ( Tigrisoma fasciatum ) |
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The striped heron ( Tigrisoma fasciatum ) is a common heron in South America .
features
The striped heron reaches a body length of 60 to 70 cm. The plumage is gray or brown with darker horizontal stripes. The coloration varies between the subspecies. The sexes show a low sexual dimorphism , since the male is colored slightly more contrasting than the female.
Occurrence
Its distribution area includes Central and South America . From Costa Rica via Colombia it is distributed along the eastern slopes of the Andes to Bolivia . Another occurrence is in southeastern Brazil and northern Argentina . The habitat are moist forests in mountainous regions, where striped herons live along densely vegetated river banks.
behavior
The striped heron lives mostly solitary and only comes together in pairs during the breeding season. He is a stalker who catches his prey both on land and in the water. Its prey animals include small fish and insects .
literature
- Bernhard Grzimek: Grzimeks animal life. Munich 1993.
- Robert S. Ridgely and John A. Gwynne: Birds of Panama with Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Honduras. Princeton 1992.
- Josep del Hoyo et al .: Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Ostrich to Ducks. Lynx Edicions, 1992, ISBN 84-87334-10-5 .
Web links
- Tigrisoma fasciatum in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2008. Posted by: BirdLife International, 2008. Accessed January 31 of 2009.
- Videos, photos and sound recordings on Tigrisoma fasciatum in the Internet Bird Collection