Whistling Heron Syrigma sibilatrix
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Bulgarian | Свиреща чапла |
Catalan | martinet xiulador |
Czech | volavka hvízdavá |
Dutch | Fluitreiger |
English | Whistling Heron |
English (United States) | Whistling Heron |
Finnish | viheltäjähaikara |
French | Héron flûte-du-soleil |
French (France) | Héron flûte-du-soleil |
German | Pfeifreiher |
Icelandic | Blísturhegri |
Japanese | キムネゴイ |
Norwegian | plystrehegre |
Polish | czapla gwiżdżąca |
Portuguese (Brazil) | maria-faceira |
Portuguese (Portugal) | Maria-faceira |
Russian | Свистящая цапля |
Serbian | Zviždeća čaplja |
Slovak | volavka hvízdavá |
Spanish | Garza Chiflona |
Spanish (Argentina) | Chiflón |
Spanish (Chile) | Garza chiflón |
Spanish (Costa Rica) | Garza Silbadora |
Spanish (Ecuador) | Garza Silbadora |
Spanish (Panama) | Garza Silbadora |
Spanish (Paraguay) | Flauta del sol |
Spanish (Peru) | Garza Silbadora |
Spanish (Spain) | Garza chiflona |
Spanish (Uruguay) | Garza Amarilla |
Spanish (Venezuela) | Garza Silbadora |
Swedish | visselhäger |
Turkish | Islıkçı Balıkçıl |
Ukrainian | Чапля-свистун |
Introduction
The Whistling Heron is endemic to South America, where it occupies two disjunct regions. A northern population, which is smaller and paler, occurs in the llanos grasslands of Venezuela and eastern Colombia, whereas a larger, darker subspecies is widely distributed in the grasslands of southeastern South American, from the pantanal of Bolivia south to southeastern Brazil, Uruguay and northeastern Argentina. The Whistling Heron is one of the least aquatic members of its family and prefers to forage for large arthropods in open wet grasslands. This bird is named for its distinctive high pitched calls.