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Common Name

Whistling Heron

Alternate Names

Common Type

Heron

Order

Pelecaniformes

Family

Ardeidae

Genus

Syrigma

Species

sibilatrix

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Location Photographed

Argentina,

Number of Sub-Species

Two Sub Species

Migratory or Resident

Resident

Preferred Habitat

Open flooded savanna, pastures, roadsides but prefers areas with some trees.

Distribution and Range

Columbia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil, Uruguay, Chile and Argentina

Food

Lungfish are its preference but will eat any small dryland or marsh animal it can catch

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