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: 647798
San Nicolás de los Arroyos
Buenos Aires
Argentina
08/12/2025
Adrian Braidotti

Photography ID: 647797
San Nicolás de los Arroyos
Buenos Aires
Argentina
08/12/2025
Adrian Braidotti

Photography ID: 640570
Bombal
Santa Fe
Argentina
06/21/2025
Adrian Braidotti

Photography ID: 590854
Squab
Colonia Carlos Pellegrini
Corrientes
Argentina
08/20/2015
Adrian Braidotti

Photography ID: 590853
Squab
Colonia Carlos Pellegrini
Corrientes
Argentina
08/20/2015
Adrian Braidotti

Photography ID: 590852
Squab
Colonia Carlos Pellegrini
Corrientes
Argentina
08/20/2015
Adrian Braidotti

Photography ID: 564426
Río Algarrobo, Córdoba, Argentina
Córdoba
Argentina
01/10/2024
Adrian Braidotti

Photography ID: 552709
Ruta Provincial 40 entre Mercedes y Colonia Carlos Pellegrini
Corrientes
Argentina
10/10/2023
Adrian Braidotti

Photography ID: 552705
Adult
Colonia Carlos Pellegrini
Corrientes
Argentina
10/12/2023
Adrian Braidotti

Photography ID: 490107
Melincué
Santa Fe
Argentina
04/14/2022
Adrian Braidotti

Photography ID: 112642
Adult
Colonia Carlos Pellegrini
Corrientes
Argentina
08/20/2015
Adrian Braidotti

Photography ID: 112641
Squab
Colonia Carlos Pellegrini
Corrientes
Argentina
08/20/2015
Adrian Braidotti

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2367111

13/09/2025

Argentina

Corrientes

Ruta 118, Santa Rosa

Adrian Braidotti

2367328

12/09/2025

Argentina

Corrientes

Arroyo Batelito

Adrian Braidotti

2367324

12/09/2025

Argentina

Corrientes

Ruta 118, San Miguel

Adrian Braidotti

2367351

10/09/2025

Argentina

Corrientes

Ruta 12 cerca de Ituzaingó, Ituzaingó

Adrian Braidotti

2340123

12/08/2025

Argentina

Buenos Aires

Eco Parque san nicolas, San Nicolás de los Arroyos

Adrian Braidotti

2309013

21/06/2025

Argentina

Santa Fe

Laguna Melincué, Melincué

Adrian Braidotti

2308928

21/06/2025

Argentina

Santa Fe

Zona rural, Bombal

Adrian Braidotti

2152247

14/09/2024

Argentina

Entre Ríos

Islas Ruta Rosario-victoria, Victoria

Adrian Braidotti

1944202

10/01/2024

Argentina

Córdoba

Cruce de Ruta 504 con Río Algarrobo, Río Algarrobo, Córdoba, Argentina

Adrian Braidotti

1897248

12/10/2023

Argentina

Corrientes

Reserva Camba Trapo, Colonia Carlos Pellegrini

Adrian Braidotti

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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.