HERONS, EGRETS, AND BITTERNS   -   ARDEIDAE

Rufescent Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma lineatum marmoratum Transpantanal Highway, Mato Grosso state, Brazil. Adult.

Rufescent Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma lineatum marmoratum Transpantanal Highway, Mato Grosso state, Brazil. Juvenile.

Rufescent Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma lineatum marmoratum Transpantanal Highway, Mato Grosso state, Brazil. Juvenile. An odd behavior, hold one wing outstretched. I don't know why it was doing that. It didn't seem to be drying the wing out.

Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius panamensis Carara NP, Puntarenas province, Costa Rica. A nocturnal heron. A small flock was roosting under the canopy of a small try by the edge of the river, but this one perched nearby in the open. Perhaps one of the many tourist visiting the park had startled it off its perch.		Green Heron Butorides virescens Carara NP, Puntarenas province, Costa Rica. A migratory species, breeding in North America and wintering south to northern South America.

Striated (Lava) Heron Butorides striata sundevalli Bartholome Island, Galapagos, Ecuador. Lava Heron, endemic to the Galapagos, has now been lumped with the widespread Striated Heron despite the striking plumage differences. Apparently some hybridization occurs.

Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi Transpantanal Highway, Mato Grosso state, Brazil. Formerly called White-necked Heron.

Great Egret Ardea alba egretta Transpantanal Highway, Mato Grosso state, Brazil.

Whistling Heron Syrigma sibilatrix sibilatrix Fazenda Santa Tereza (Pantanal lodge), Mato Grosso state, Brazil.

Whistling Heron Syrigma sibilatrix sibilatrix Reserva Ecologica de Guapi Assu, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. While this individual was photographed perched in a tree above a wetland, it is less tied to water than most heron species. I usually see them alone in grazed pastures, often far from water, not in wetlands.

Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor ruficollis Carara NP, Puntarenas province, Costa Rica.

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