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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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Foto
Photography ID: 628508
  Adult
Puerto Madryn
Chubut
Argentina
10/23/2015
Tiago Vaggi
Foto
Photography ID: 498305
  Adult
El Calafate
Santa Cruz
Argentina
04/12/2015
Carmen Lúcia Bays Figueiredo
Foto
Photography ID: 288635
♂  Adult
Santa Catalina
Jujuy
Argentina
11/22/2015
María Belén Tartaglia Gamarra
Foto
Photography ID: 234775
  Adult
Ruta 3 km 1890
Santa Cruz
Argentina
05/30/2015
Zulima América Schupbach
Foto
Photography ID: 188090
♂  Adult
San Rafael, Sierra del Nevado
Mendoza
Argentina
01/15/2015
Roberto J. Triguez
Foto
Photography ID: 177878
  Adult
Tecka
Chubut
Argentina
01/23/2015
Miguel A Villarruel
Foto
Photography ID: 177877
  Adult
Bajo Caracoles
Santa Cruz
Argentina
01/20/2015
Miguel A Villarruel
Foto
Photography ID: 177876
  Adult
Bajo Caracoles
Santa Cruz
Argentina
01/20/2015
Miguel A Villarruel



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
38318827/12/2015ArgentinaSanta CruzParque Nacional Perito MorenoRicardo Juliano
179981826/12/2015ArgentinaChubutPunta Cantor, Área Natural Protegida Península ValdésFernando Rasmussen
38926526/12/2015ArgentinaSanta CruzRuta 40 cerca de Gobernador GregoresFacundo Rosati
37621208/12/2015ArgentinaSanta CruzParque Nacional PatagoniaLaura Dodyk
104400207/12/2015ArgentinaChubutCamarones, Florentino AmeghinoJulian Quillen Vidoz
104400706/12/2015ArgentinaChubutLaguna Negra, RawsonJulian Quillen Vidoz
104400405/12/2015ArgentinaChubutMeseta de Somuncurá (sector Prov. de Chubut), GastreJulian Quillen Vidoz
44000105/12/2015ArgentinaSanta CruzRuta provincial 9 de ripio a El Calafate a 80 Km de Ruta 3, Puerto Santa CruzJosé Raúl Fernández
37108803/12/2015ArgentinaJujuyLaguna de VilamaPablo Eguia
81123022/11/2015ArgentinaJujuySanta Catalina, Santa CatalinaMaría Belén Tartaglia Gamarra
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Lesser Rhea (Rhea pennata) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 17/03/2026.