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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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Records from Mendoza

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: 575547
  Adult
Salinas del Diamante
Mendoza
Argentina
02/26/2024
Sergio Cusano
Foto
Photography ID: 575198
  Adult
Salinas del Diamante
Mendoza
Argentina
02/26/2024
Eduardo Cusano
Foto
Photography ID: 570406
♂ ♀ Malargüe
Mendoza
Argentina
02/15/2009
Manuel Godoy
Foto
Photography ID: 557818
♂ ♀  Adult
Departamento las heras
Mendoza
Argentina
01/02/2014
Damián Carnevale
Foto
Photography ID: 502756
  Adult
Reserva Natural Villavicencio
Mendoza
Argentina
07/30/2022
Pablo Moreno
Foto
Photography ID: 491593
 Uspallata
Mendoza
Argentina
03/05/2022
Elsa Longo
Foto
Photography ID: 480603
  Adult
Malargüe
Mendoza
Argentina
11/29/2011
Silvio Montani



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
201027326/02/2024ArgentinaMendozaSalinas del DiamanteSergio Cusano
200919926/02/2024ArgentinaMendozaSalinas del DiamanteEduardo Cusano
197429924/12/2023ArgentinaMendozaReserva Natural VillavicencioWalter Liriel Gómez Umpierrez
181273907/08/2023ArgentinaMendozaReserva Natural VillavicencioEmilio Martin Perez
172949819/02/2023ArgentinaMendozaRuta nacional 144 entre san rafael y malargue1Pablo Meoniz
170023107/01/2023ArgentinaMendozaSeccional Alvarado, Laguna del Diamante5Pablo Moreno
161866130/07/2022ArgentinaMendozaCruz de paramillos, Reserva Natural VillavicencioPablo Moreno
157493005/03/2022ArgentinaMendozaRuta Prov. 52, camino a Villavicencio, UspallataElsa Longo
156741505/03/2022ArgentinaMendozaReserva Natural VillavicencioGuillermo Marcaida
155008420/02/2022ArgentinaMendozaReserva Natural VillavicencioEmilio Martin Perez
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Lesser Rhea (Rhea pennata) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 11/04/2026.