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Lesser Rhea

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

Subspecies:

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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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 638065
  Adult
Lago Viedma
Santa Cruz
Argentina
05/16/2025
Santiago M. Carrillo
Foto
Photography ID: 557947
♂ ♀ Catua
Jujuy
Argentina
12/18/2022
Santiago M. Carrillo
Foto
Photography ID: 557882
  Adult
Ruta 40 Norte
Jujuy
Argentina
12/16/2022
Santiago M. Carrillo
Foto
Photography ID: 182902
  Adult
Salinas Grandes
Jujuy
Argentina
07/07/2016
Santiago M. Carrillo
Foto
Photography ID: 90066
  Adult
Puesto Sey
Jujuy
Argentina
03/17/2015
Santiago M. Carrillo
Foto
Photography ID: 81677
  Adult
Laguna Grande
Catamarca
Argentina
02/04/2015
Santiago M. Carrillo
Foto
Photography ID: 72884
  Immature
Ruta 40 Norte
Jujuy
Argentina
12/17/2014
Santiago M. Carrillo



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
229831416/05/2025ArgentinaSanta CruzLa Leona, Lago ViedmaSantiago M. Carrillo
215506008/06/2024ArgentinaCatamarcaSalar de Antofalla, Antofagasta de la SierraSantiago M. Carrillo
192230218/12/2022ArgentinaJujuyVega de Huaitiquina, CatuaSantiago M. Carrillo
192223816/12/2022ArgentinaJujuySan Juan de Oros, Ruta 40 NorteSantiago M. Carrillo
54815807/07/2016ArgentinaJujuyRuta 52 pasando las salinas, Salinas GrandesSantiago M. Carrillo
54815617/03/2015ArgentinaJujuyAbra del Tuzgle Ruta 40, Puesto SeySantiago M. Carrillo
54816104/02/2015ArgentinaCatamarcaCamino hacia El Peñón, Laguna GrandeSantiago M. Carrillo
54814517/12/2014ArgentinaJujuyCoranzuli, Ruta 40 NorteSantiago M. Carrillo
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Lesser Rhea (Rhea pennata) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 05/04/2026.