Southern Screamer (Chauna torquata)

Southern Screamer

Chauna torquata

(Oken, L, 1816)
Chajá
Tachã

Family: Anhimidae
Order: Anseriformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia

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Records from Benito Juárez

Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Synonyms: Chaja torquata.

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Last published photographs

Photography ID: 676329
Adult
Benito Juárez
Buenos Aires
Argentina
02/10/2026
Guillermo Marcaida

Photography ID: 490760
♂ ♀ Adult
Benito Juárez
Buenos Aires
Argentina
04/20/2022
Victoria Herrera

Photography ID: 126403
Adult
Benito Juárez
Buenos Aires
Argentina
11/22/2015
Victoria Herrera

Photography ID: 70583
Adult
Benito Juárez
Buenos Aires
Argentina
01/04/2009
Victoria Herrera

Photography ID: 63194
Adult
Benito Juárez
Buenos Aires
Argentina
09/27/2014
Santiago Juan Torres

Photography ID: 31527
Adult
Benito Juárez
Buenos Aires
Argentina
01/02/2014
Santiago Juan Torres

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2441622

10/02/2026

Argentina

Buenos Aires

Cercania a Laguna El Chifle, Benito Juárez

Guillermo Marcaida

2413210

08/01/2026

Argentina

Buenos Aires

Laguna Ruta Nacional 3 Km 380, Benito Juárez

Liliana Rubilar Puerta

2231376

04/01/2025

Argentina

Buenos Aires

Estación López, Benito Juárez

Liliana Rubilar Puerta

1975699

19/02/2024

Argentina

Buenos Aires

A las Lagunas El Chifle y la Salada (x tierra desde Estación López )., Benito Juárez

Liliana Rubilar Puerta

1973207

13/02/2024

Argentina

Buenos Aires

X Ruta 74 km 235, Benito Juárez

Liliana Rubilar Puerta

1952741

20/01/2024

Argentina

Buenos Aires

Estación López, Benito Juárez

Liliana Rubilar Puerta

2056749

06/02/2023

Argentina

Buenos Aires

Vía sin nombre, Benito Juárez

Lautaro Pereira

1673406

11/11/2022

Argentina

Buenos Aires

Benito Juárez

Victoria Herrera

2056748

04/09/2022

Argentina

Buenos Aires

Laguna La Salada, Benito Juárez

Lautaro Pereira

1572511

20/04/2022

Argentina

Buenos Aires

Laguna La Barrancosa, Benito Juárez

Victoria Herrera

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Bibliography related

Martinez, F., F. Lucero, R. Calí, D. Valdéz, D. Ferrer y J. C. Chebez. 2009. Registros novedosos de aves para las provincias de Mendoza y San Juan. Nótulas Faunísticas N° 35. Fundación Félix de Azara.