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Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2018	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2005	Least Concern
2004	Data Deficient
2000	Data Deficient
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	high
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	6,130,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	poor	estimated	2006
Population trend	decreasing	-	inferred	-
Generation length	7.4 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The population is estimated at 25,000 to 100,000 individuals (Wetlands International 2018).

Trend justification:

The species is tentatively assessed as being in decline due to habitat loss per Tracewski et al. (2016).

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Angola	extant	native			yes
Benin	extant	native			yes
Cameroon	extant	native		yes
Central African Republic	extant	native			yes
Congo	extant	native			yes
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	extant	native			yes
Côte d'Ivoire	extant	native		yes
Equatorial Guinea	extant	native			yes
Gabon	extant	native		yes
Gambia	extant	native		yes
Ghana	extant	native			yes
Guinea	extant	native		yes
Guinea-Bissau	extant	native		yes
Liberia	extant	native		yes
Mauritania	extant	vagrant			yes
Nigeria	extant	native			yes
Senegal	extant	native		yes
Sierra Leone	extant	native		yes
Togo	extant	native			yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Angola	Cuango
Angola	Luachimo River (Chitato)
Angola	Maiombe
Benin	Lake Nokoué
Cameroon	Campo Ma'an complex
Cameroon	Korup National Park
Cameroon	Lobéké National Park
Cameroon	Mount Cameroon and Mokoko-Onge
Cameroon	Nki
Central African Republic	Bangui
Central African Republic	Dzanga-Ndoki National Park
Congo	Conkouati National Park
Congo	Dimonika Biosphere Reserve
Congo	Lake Télé Community Reserve
Congo	Lower Kouilou basin
Congo	Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park complex
Congo	Odzala National Park complex
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Forests west of Lake Edward
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Itombwe Mountains
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Lomako - Yekokora
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Luki Forest Reserve
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Maiko National Park
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Ngiri
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Okapi Faunal Reserve
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Salonga National Park
Côte d'Ivoire	Azagny National Park
Côte d'Ivoire	Lamto Ecological Research Station
Côte d'Ivoire	Parc National de Taï et Réserve de faune du N'Zo
Côte d'Ivoire	Peko Mountain National Park
Côte d'Ivoire	Yapo and Mambo Forest Reserves
Equatorial Guinea	Monte Alen National Park
Gabon	Akanda
Gabon	Gamba Protected Areas Complex
Gabon	Ipassa Strict Nature Reserve
Gabon	Lopé Faunal Reserve
Gabon	Minkébé Forest Reserve
Gabon	Ogooué delta and Mandji island
Ghana	Ankasa Resource Reserve - Nini-Sushien National Park
Ghana	Boin Tano Forest Reserve
Ghana	Ebi River Shelterbelt Forest Reserve
Ghana	Kakum National Park - Assin Attandaso Resource Reserve
Ghana	Kyabobo National Park
Guinea	Massif du Ziama
Liberia	Cestos - Senkwen
Liberia	Grebo
Liberia	Lake Piso (Cape Mount)
Liberia	Nimba mountains
Liberia	Sapo
Liberia	Wonegizi mountains
Liberia	Zwedru
Nigeria	Afi River Forest Reserve
Nigeria	Cross River National Park (Oban Division)
Nigeria	Cross River National Park (Okwangwo Division) and Mbe Mountains
Senegal	Parc National de Basse Casamance
Sierra Leone	Gola Forests
Sierra Leone	Loma Mountains Non-hunting Forest Reserve
Sierra Leone	Western Area Peninsula Forest National Park
Togo	Fazao-Malfakassa National Park

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Swamp	suitable	resident
Wetlands (inland)	Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls)	suitable	resident
Altitude		Occasional altitudinal limits

Purpose	Scale
Other household goods	subsistence, national

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: White-crested Tiger-heron Tigriornis leucolopha. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/white-crested-tiger-heron-tigriornis-leucolopha on 23/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 23/12/2024.