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Species
Least Concernvia IUCN
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- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
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- Syrigma sibilatrix
- taxon name
- Syrigma sibilatrix
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- Syrigma sibilatrix
- taxon common name
- garça-assobiadeira
- litter size
- 3.5
- taxon range
- South America
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Encyclopedic overview
The whistling heron (Syrigma sibilatrix) is a medium-sized, often terrestrial heron of South America. It is the only species placed in the genus Syrigma. There are two subspecies, the southern S. s. sibilatrix and the northern S. s. fostersmithi.
Taxonomy
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Whistling Heron” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.