| Rufescent Tiger Heron | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Pelecaniformes |
| Family: | Ardeidae |
| Genus: | Tigrisoma |
| Species: | T. lineatum |
| Binomial name | |
| Tigrisoma lineatum (Boddaert, 1783) |
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The Rufescent Tiger Heron (Tigrisoma lineatum), also known as the Soco-Boi, is a species of heron in the Ardeidae family.
It is found in Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is swamps.