The Bare-throated Tiger Heron is a large heron that waits for prey beside rivers and wetlands.
It is a large heron, about 81 cm long, with a barred body and a bare throat reflected in its name.
It waits quietly along forested streams, swamps, marshes, and mangroves, taking fish and other aquatic prey.
It nests solitarily in trees above water, especially mangroves, building stick platforms that are often lined with leaves. Clutches contain one to three eggs.
Adults have a black crown and nape and grey sides to the head. The bare throat and skin around the eyes are yellow-green; during nesting the throat may become bright yellow or orange.
Immatures have cinnamon-buff and brown bars and spots on the head, neck, and chest, with broad barring above. The throat is yellow and the dark wings and tail have narrow white bands.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.