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title: "Fluitreiger"
description: "Syrigma sibilatrix — Vogels. The whistling heron (Syrigma sibilatrix) is a medium-sized, often terrestrial heron of South America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/whistling-heron
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Fluitreiger

> Syrigma sibilatrix — Vogels. The whistling heron (Syrigma sibilatrix) is a medium-sized, often terrestrial heron of South America.

- Scientific name: *Syrigma sibilatrix*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Weiden en velden), `freshwater` (Meren en rivieren)
- iNaturalist observations: 6548
- Wikidata: [Q218549](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q218549)
- iNaturalist taxon: [5056](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/5056)

## Names

- en: Whistling Heron
- de: Pfeifreiher
- es: Chiflón
- fr: Héron flûte-du-soleil
- nl: Fluitreiger
- pl: Czapla gwiżdżąca

## Countries with the most observations

AR (3105), BR (2002), CO (624), UY (227), BO (186), VE (103), PY (80), EC (14), PA (12), TT (6), AW (3)

## Summary

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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whistling_heron

## Photo

![Fluitreiger](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/whistling-heron/medium.jpg)

Photo: Natalia S. Martino · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/35922063

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/whistling-heron?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).