White-crested tiger heron
| White-crested tiger heron | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Pelecaniformes |
| Family: | Ardeidae |
| Genus: | Tigriornis Sharpe, 1895 |
| Species: | T. leucolopha |
| Binomial name | |
| Tigriornis leucolopha (Jardine, 1846) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Tigriornis leucolophus (Jardine, 1846) [orthographic error] | |
The white-crested tiger heron (Tigriornis leucolopha), also known as the white-crested bittern, is a species of heron in the family Ardeidae. It is in the monotypic genus Tigriornis. It is found in Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Tigriornis leucolopha". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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