Southern Screamer (Chauna torquata)

Southern Screamer

Chauna torquata

(Oken, L, 1816)
Chajá
Tachã

Family: Anhimidae
Order: Anseriformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia

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Records from Formosa

Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Synonyms: Chaja torquata.

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Group	Species	Date	User
Birds	Carpintero Blanco (Melanerpes candidus)	13/07/2022	Andrés Cecconi

Last published photographs

Photography ID: 654002
Adult
Departamento Patiño
Formosa
Argentina
09/18/2025
Hugo Alberto Valderrey

Photography ID: 645802
♂ ♀ Adult
Bañado La Estrella
Formosa
Argentina
07/09/2025
Facundo Carretero

Photography ID: 645090
Adult
Bañado La Estrella
Formosa
Argentina
07/13/2025
Sergio Gabriel Borrillo

Photography ID: 643242
Adult
Bañado La Estrella
Formosa
Argentina
07/07/2025
Jorge Carlos Trincavelli

Photography ID: 607162
Adult
Bañado La Estrella
Formosa
Argentina
09/17/2024
Julián Tocce

Photography ID: 605121
Adult
Virgen de Pompeya
Formosa
Argentina
07/12/2024
Walter Bustamante

Photography ID: 596480
Adult
Laguna Gallo
Formosa
Argentina
07/10/2024
Walter Bustamante

Photography ID: 592881
Formosa
Formosa
Argentina
07/21/2024
Bc_pajareritos Agriornis

Photography ID: 551321
Adult
Bañado La Estrella
Formosa
Argentina
08/16/2023
Manuel Godoy

Photography ID: 538276
Adult
Bañado La Estrella
Formosa
Argentina
12/29/2018
Martín Lépez

Photography ID: 516405
Adult
Reserva Natural Formosa
Formosa
Argentina
07/14/2022
Andrés Cecconi

Photography ID: 516396
Adult
Ruta Provincial 9
Formosa
Argentina
07/14/2022
Andrés Cecconi

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2368613

18/09/2025

Argentina

Formosa

Las Lomitas, Departamento Patiño

Hugo Alberto Valderrey

2356095

18/08/2025

Argentina

Formosa

El Vertedero., Bañado La Estrella

Esteban Argerich

2344485

12/08/2025

Argentina

Formosa

Fortín Soledad, Bañado La Estrella

Dolores Fernandez

2327140

13/07/2025

Argentina

Formosa

Fortín Soledad, Bañado La Estrella

Sergio Gabriel Borrillo

2329414

09/07/2025

Argentina

Formosa

Fortín Soledad, Bañado La Estrella

Facundo Carretero

2320388

07/07/2025

Argentina

Formosa

Bañado La Estrella

Jorge Carlos Trincavelli

2182051

17/09/2024

Argentina

Formosa

El Vertedero, Bañado La Estrella

Julián Tocce

2134688

18/08/2024

Argentina

Formosa

Vía sin nombre

Pablo Ezequiel Ghisla

2130012

10/08/2024

Argentina

Formosa

Vía sin nombre

Jorge La Grotteria

2129973

10/08/2024

Argentina

Formosa

Ruta Provincial 3

Jorge La Grotteria

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Bibliography related

Martinez, F., F. Lucero, R. Calí, D. Valdéz, D. Ferrer y J. C. Chebez. 2009. Registros novedosos de aves para las provincias de Mendoza y San Juan. Nótulas Faunísticas N° 35. Fundación Félix de Azara.