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Rhea pennata

Lesser Rhea


Rhea pennata

d´Orbigny, ACVMD, 1834
Choique
Family: Rheidae
Order: Rheiformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern


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Taxonomic Notes:

-10/12/2022: HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 stopped considering the Andean Rhea (Rhea tarapacensis) as a full species (unlike v6), nor do IOC v12.2 and Birds of the World 2022, so in EcoRegistros we began considering it as a subspecies of the Lesser Rhea (Rhea pennata).




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Foto
Photography ID: 516837
  Adult
Antofagasta de la Sierra
Catamarca
Argentina
01/27/2018
Nino A. Grangetto
Foto
Photography ID: 389048
  Adult
Ruta 13, Las Heras
Mendoza
Argentina
09/22/2018
Tomas Widow
Foto
Photography ID: 333183
  Adult
Puerto Deseado
Santa Cruz
Argentina
04/26/2018
Christian Altamirano
Foto
Photography ID: 306387
  Adult
Ruta 40
Santa Cruz
Argentina
12/15/2018
Zulima América Schupbach



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
104399627/12/2018ArgentinaChubutÁrea Natural Protegida Península Valdés20Julian Quillen Vidoz
104401326/12/2018ArgentinaChubutSarmiento y alrededores, Sarmiento30Julian Quillen Vidoz
104400324/12/2018ArgentinaChubutCamarones, Florentino Ameghino20Julian Quillen Vidoz
104401221/12/2018ArgentinaSanta CruzLa Angostura y Alto Río Chico (AICA SC07), Río Chico20Julian Quillen Vidoz
104401120/12/2018ArgentinaSanta CruzEstancia Laguna Verde20Julian Quillen Vidoz
104401619/12/2018ArgentinaSanta CruzEl Zurdo (AICA SC11)10Julian Quillen Vidoz
104400518/12/2018ArgentinaSanta CruzRío Turbio, Güer Aike3Julian Quillen Vidoz
104401017/12/2018ArgentinaSanta CruzEstancia Laguna Verde10Julian Quillen Vidoz
104400617/12/2018ArgentinaSanta CruzEstación Biológica Juan Mazar Barnett - Aves Argentinas, Lago Buenos Aires3Julian Quillen Vidoz
85875715/12/2018ArgentinaSanta CruzRuta 40 entre Perito Moreno y Bajo Caracoles, Ruta 40Zulima América Schupbach
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Lesser Rhea (Rhea pennata) – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 25/09/2026.