Tigrisoma

{{Short description|Genus of birds}}

{{automatic taxobox

| image = Bird-001-rj.jpg

| image_caption = Bare-throated tiger heron (Tigrisoma mexicanum)

| taxon = Tigrisoma

| authority = Swainson, 1827

| type_species = Ardea tigrina

}}

Tigrisoma is a genus of herons in the family Ardeidae.

The genus was erected by the English naturalist William Swainson in 1827, with the rufescent tiger heron (Tigrisoma lineatum) as the type species.{{ cite journal | last=Swainson | first=William | author-link=William Swainson | year=1827 | title=On several groups and forms in ornithology, not hitherto defined | journal=Zoological Journal | volume=3 | pages=343–363 [362] | url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27485888 }}{{ cite book | editor1-last=Mayr | editor1-first=Ernst | editor1-link=Ernst Mayr | editor2-last=Cottrell | editor2-first=G. William | year=1979 | title=Check-list of Birds of the World | volume=1 | edition=2nd | publisher=Museum of Comparative Zoology | place=Cambridge, Massachusetts | page=234 | url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16108874 }} The genus name combines the Ancient Greek tigris, meaning "tiger" and sôma, meaning "body".{{cite book | last=Jobling | first=James A. | year=2010| title=The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names | url=https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling | publisher=Christopher Helm | location=London | isbn= 978-1-4081-2501-4 | page=[https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling/page/n386 386] }}