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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: 257473
  Immature
Maquinchao
Río Negro
Argentina
03/29/2018
Mariano Costa
Foto
Photography ID: 62315
  Adult
Maquinchao
Río Negro
Argentina
06/26/2014
Mariano Costa
Foto
Photography ID: 62303
♂ ♀  Egg
Perito Moreno
Río Negro
Argentina
06/27/2014
Mariano Costa
Foto
Photography ID: 37090
  Adult
Cushamen
Chubut
Argentina
01/31/2014
Mariano Costa



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
240879007/12/202514:28ArgentinaNeuquénRuta Nacional 40Mariano Costa
240878507/12/202512:41ArgentinaNeuquénRuta Provincial 46Mariano Costa
120368721/02/2020ArgentinaChubutRuta Nacional 40 1670 (-43,596017, -70,834967)3Mariano Costa
117437720/01/2020ArgentinaNeuquénRuta Provincial 46 (-39,011963, -70,145742)1Mariano Costa
117436520/01/2020ArgentinaNeuquénRuta Nacional 40 2534 (-38,218008, -70,096302)1Mariano Costa
84884528/11/2018ArgentinaSanta CruzRuta Nacional 3 (-47,688842, -67,367557)1Mariano Costa
84884428/11/2018ArgentinaSanta CruzRuta Nacional 3 (-47,776907, -67,443020)2Mariano Costa
84876427/11/2018ArgentinaSanta CruzRuta Provincial 1 (-51,957643, -69,110248)6Mariano Costa
84870727/11/2018ArgentinaSanta CruzRuta Provincial 1 (-51,991807, -69,090022)1Mariano Costa
84871727/11/2018ArgentinaSanta CruzRuta Provincial 1 (-52,108497, -69,085687)1Mariano Costa
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Citation recommended:

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