Greg Basco/ BIA / Bare-throated Tiger Heron (Tigrisoma mexicanum), Limon, Costa Rica

Angelo Gandolfi / Bare-throated tiger heron (Tigrisoma mexicanum) Corcovado National Park. Osa, Costa Rica.

Angelo Gandolfi / Bare-throated tiger heron (Tigrisoma mexicanum) Corcovado National Park. Osa, Costa Rica.

Angelo Gandolfi / Bare-throated tiger heron (Tigrisoma mexicanum) and Little blue heron (Egretta caerulea) fishing in Rio Claro river, Corcovado National Park. Osa, Costa Rica.

Claudio Contreras / Bare-throated tiger-heron (Tigrisoma mexicanum), Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, August

Glenn Bartley / Bare-throated Tiger Heron (Tigrisoma mexicanum), Costa Rica

Denis-Huot / Bare-throated Tiger-Heron (Tigrisoma mexicanum) Tortugueros, Costa-Rica

Ben Lascelles / Bare-throated Tiger-Heron (Tigrisoma mexicanum) juvenile on palm, Coiba National Park, Coiba Island, Panama, April

Ben Lascelles / Bare-throated Tiger-Heron (Tigrisoma mexicanum) in mating display, Coiba National Park, Coiba Island, Panama, September

Ben Lascelles / Bare-throated tiger-heron (Tigrisoma mexicanum) pair displaying, Coiba National Park, Coiba Islands, Panama, September

Ben Lascelles / Bare-throated tiger-heron (Tigrisoma mexicanum) in mating display, Coiba National Park, Panama, September

Ben Lascelles / Bare-throated tiger-heron (Tigrisoma mexicanum) in mating display, Coiba National Park, Coiba Island, Panama, September