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Rhea pennata pennata

Lesser Rhea
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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
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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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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
239200806/11/2025ChileRegión de Magallanes y la Antártica ChilenaBahía Dirección2Diego Oscar
239199906/11/2025ChileRegión de Magallanes y la Antártica ChilenaGallego Chico1Diego Oscar
239198906/11/2025ChileRegión de Magallanes y la Antártica ChilenaRuta 9 - Riquelme Bajo3Diego Oscar
238746805/11/2025ChileRegión de Magallanes y la Antártica ChilenaRuta entre Cerro Castillo y parque Nacional Torres del Paine2Diego Oscar
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Lesser Rhea (Rhea pennata) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 10/03/2026.