Greater Rhea (Rhea americana)

Greater Rhea

Rhea americana

(Linnaeus, C, 1758)
Ñandú
Ema

Family: Rheidae
Order: Rheiformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia

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Records from Mendoza

Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Near Threatened

Synonyms: Struthio americanus.

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Last published photographs

Photography ID: 674649
Squab
San Carlos
Mendoza
Argentina
01/22/2013
Manuel Godoy

Photography ID: 656836
Adult
Campo la florida
Mendoza
Argentina
10/11/2025
Pablo Moreno

Photography ID: 543861
Adult
La Tosca
Mendoza
Argentina
03/11/2023
Marcelo Zanotti

Photography ID: 463739
Adult
Azud Nª1- Rio Desaguadero
Mendoza
Argentina
09/26/2021
Pablo Moreno

Photography ID: 459138
♂ ♀ Arco de San Rafael
Mendoza
Argentina
02/10/2017
Iván Procheret

Photography ID: 458885
Adult
Bowen
Mendoza
Argentina
08/24/2021
Feliciano Ferretti

Photography ID: 321256
Adult
Reserva Natural Villavicencio
Mendoza
Argentina
08/11/2011
Manuel Godoy

Photography ID: 288754
♂ Adult
Reserva Natural Villavicencio
Mendoza
Argentina
09/22/2018
Emilio Martin Perez

Photography ID: 146935
Adult
Rivadavia
Mendoza
Argentina
01/25/2016
Mateo Alberto Gual

Photography ID: 124264
♂ ♀ Adult
Reserva Natural Villavicencio
Mendoza
Argentina
11/05/2015
Emilio Martin Perez

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2374849

11/10/2025

Argentina

Mendoza

Campo la florida

Pablo Moreno

1806753

11/03/2023

Argentina

Mendoza

La Tosca

Marcelo Zanotti

1468250

26/09/2021

Argentina

Mendoza

Azud Nª1- Rio Desaguadero

Pablo Moreno

1451609

24/08/2021

Argentina

Mendoza

Bowen

Feliciano Ferretti

811335

22/09/2018

Argentina

Mendoza

Reserva Natural Villavicencio

Emilio Martin Perez

1452108

10/02/2017

Argentina

Mendoza

Arco de San Rafael

Iván Procheret

425387

25/01/2016

Argentina

Mendoza

Rivadavia

Mateo Alberto Gual

359551

05/11/2015

Argentina

Mendoza

Reserva Natural Villavicencio

Emilio Martin Perez

326796

10/09/2015

Argentina

Mendoza

Reserva Natural y Cultural Bosques Telteca

Romina Escudero

2437972

22/01/2013

Argentina

Mendoza

Zona rural del Distrito Chilecito, San Carlos

Manuel Godoy

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Bibliography related

Lucero, F. y J. C. Chebez. 2011. Nuevas citas y ampliación de la distribución de algunas aves en las provincias de San Juan, Mendoza y La Rioja. Nótulas Faunísticas N° 71. Fundación Félix de Azara.