Bare-throated Tiger Heron
Tigrisoma mexicanum
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPelecaniformes (Pelicaniformes)
- FamilyArdeidae (Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns)
- GenusTigrisoma (Neotropical Tiger-Herons)
- SpeciesTigrisoma mexicanum (Bare-throated Tiger Heron)
Closest Relatives at Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve
Great Egret
Ardea alba
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias
Green Heron
Butorides virescens
Little Blue Heron
Egretta caerulea
Tricolored Heron
Egretta tricolor
Snowy Egret
Egretta thula
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Nyctanassa violacea
Cattle Egret
Bubulcus ibis
Reddish Egret
Egretta rufescens
Boat-billed Heron
Cochlearius cochlearius
Black-crowned Night Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
Pinnated Bittern
Botaurus pinnatus
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Bare-throated Tiger Heron in Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve?
About 11% of visitor-days record a Bare-throated Tiger Heron sighting in Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, based on 218 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Bare-throated Tiger Heron in Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve?
May has the highest sighting rate for Bare-throated Tiger Heron in Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve in our monthly data.