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 Azul

Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Synonyms: Chaja torquata.

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Last published photographs

Photography ID: 663565
Adult
Azul
Buenos Aires
Argentina
10/25/2025
Sergio Cusano

Photography ID: 573340
♀ Adult
Azul
Buenos Aires
Argentina
02/26/2024
Norma Medel

Photography ID: 380851
Immature
Azul
Buenos Aires
Argentina
11/24/2019
Ricardo Hack

Photography ID: 56184
Adult
Azul
Buenos Aires
Argentina
01/29/2014
Marcelo Javier Torres

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2400984

25/10/2025

Argentina

Buenos Aires

Azul

Sergio Cusano

2004550

26/02/2024

Argentina

Buenos Aires

Ruta 226 km 240, Azul

Norma Medel

1188597

24/11/2019

Argentina

Buenos Aires

Camino viejo de Azul a Tandil, Azul

Ricardo Hack

504884

18/11/2016

Argentina

Buenos Aires

Estancia San Juan de los Huesos, Azul

Santiago Juan Torres

498751

05/11/2016

Argentina

Buenos Aires

Estancia San Juan de los Huesos, Azul

Santiago Juan Torres

486587

08/10/2016

Argentina

Buenos Aires

Estancia San Juan de los Huesos, Azul

Santiago Juan Torres

442723

12/06/2016

Argentina

Buenos Aires

Azul

Santiago Juan Torres

406597

23/02/2016

Argentina

Buenos Aires

Arroyo de Los Huesos, Azul

Santiago Juan Torres

159947

29/01/2014

Argentina

Buenos Aires

Ruta Nacional 3, Azul

Marcelo Javier Torres

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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.