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

# Czapla gwiżdżąca

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

- Scientific name: *Syrigma sibilatrix*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Łąki i pola), `freshwater` (Jeziora i rzeki)
- 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

![Czapla gwiżdżąca](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=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).