This Bare-throated Tiger Heron (Tigrisoma mexicanum) represents what Latitude 10 is all about. You can see her every day hanging around the pool, just relaxing and enjoying the moment, just like we want our guests to do!
The aquatic habitat of the Tiger Heron (Garza Tigre in spanish) is usually found over Caribbean and Pacific lowlands in Costa Rica, along coasts and inland around marshes, lakes, ponds, and rivers (and Latitude 10’s salted water pool).
It waits often motionless for suitable prey such as fish, frogs or crabs to come within reach of its long bill.
The throat is bare and is greenish-yellow to orange in all plumages. The adult has a black crown and light grey sides of head, the sides of the neck and the upperparts otherwise blackish narrowly barred buff. The median stripe down the foreneck is white bordered with black; the remaining underparts are dull cinnamon brown. The juvenile is buff coarsely barred with black, more mottled and vermiculated on wings; the throat, median underparts and belly are whitish.
The flight is heavy, and the call is a hoarse howk-howk-howk. Males also give a booming hrrrowwr! call, especially at sunset. During emission of the call, the beak opens wide and undulations can be seen along the course of the throat from mid-thorax caudally.
At Latitude 10 we love seeing our Tiger Heron every day, looking so calm and elegant. We’ve become so fond of her that we’ve decided to name her. Please post your suggestions on our Facebook page.
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