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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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Synonyms: Chaja torquata.

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Last published photographs

Photography ID: 656249
Adult
Pantanal
Mato Grosso
Brazil
09/13/2025
Manuel Godoy

Photography ID: 595724
Adult
Campo Espejo
Mendoza
Argentina
08/13/2024
Manuel Godoy

Photography ID: 592476
Adult
Lavalle
Mendoza
Argentina
07/20/2024
Manuel Godoy

Photography ID: 588947
Adult
Lavalle
Mendoza
Argentina
06/17/2024
Manuel Godoy

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

Photography ID: 493464
Adult
Campo Espejo
Mendoza
Argentina
05/14/2022
Manuel Godoy

Photography ID: 489707
Adult
Laguna de los Cisnes
Maldonado
Uruguay
03/05/2019
Manuel Godoy

Photography ID: 303399
Adult
Reserva Ecológica Costanera Sur (RECS)
Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires
Argentina
05/24/2018
Manuel Godoy

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Date

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2373249

13/09/2025

Brazil

Mato Grosso

Porto Jofre, Pantanal

Manuel Godoy

2131791

13/08/2024

Argentina

Mendoza

Campo Espejo

Manuel Godoy

2118040

20/07/2024

Argentina

Mendoza

Planta de tratamiento de efluentes El Paramillo, Lavalle

Manuel Godoy

2049652

17/06/2024

Argentina

Mendoza

Planta de tratamiento de efluentes El Paramillo, Lavalle

Manuel Godoy

1894146

16/08/2023

Argentina

Formosa

Fortín Soledad, Bañado La Estrella

Manuel Godoy

1580735

14/05/2022

Argentina

Mendoza

Planta depuradora, Campo Espejo

Manuel Godoy

1569857

05/03/2019

Uruguay

Maldonado

Laguna de los Cisnes

Manuel Godoy

852479

24/05/2018

Argentina

Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires

Reserva Ecológica Costanera Sur (RECS)

Manuel Godoy

272714

10/02/2015

Argentina

Buenos Aires

Necochea

Manuel Godoy

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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.