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 Mar Chiquita

Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Synonyms: Chaja torquata.

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Last published photographs

Photography ID: 656401
Adult
Mar Chiquita
Buenos Aires
Argentina
10/11/2025
Tiago Vaggi

Photography ID: 604512
Adult
Mar Chiquita
Buenos Aires
Argentina
06/15/2024
José Luis Ianiro

Photography ID: 571062
Mar Chiquita
Buenos Aires
Argentina
02/04/2024
Victor Hugo Michelini

Photography ID: 540763
Adult
Mar Chiquita
Buenos Aires
Argentina
07/01/2023
José Luis Ianiro

Photography ID: 348267
Adult
Mar Chiquita
Buenos Aires
Argentina
09/01/2019
Natalia Soledad Herrada

Photography ID: 232625
Adult
Mar Chiquita
Buenos Aires
Argentina
09/18/2016
José Luis Ianiro

Photography ID: 218563
♂ ♀ Adult
Mar Chiquita
Buenos Aires
Argentina
08/20/2017
Victor Hugo Michelini

Photography ID: 214341
♂ ♀ Adult
Mar Chiquita
Buenos Aires
Argentina
11/27/2016
Victor Hugo Michelini

Photography ID: 166976
♂ ♀ Adult
Mar Chiquita
Buenos Aires
Argentina
09/10/2016
Susana Gomez

Photography ID: 94932
Adult
Mar Chiquita
Buenos Aires
Argentina
04/13/2015
Dolores Fernandez

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2433703

31/01/2026

Argentina

Buenos Aires

Estancia Nahuel Ruca, Mar Chiquita

Victor Hugo Michelini

2393268

23/11/2025

Argentina

Buenos Aires

Canal 7, Mar Chiquita

Victor Hugo Michelini

2386542

09/11/2025

Argentina

Buenos Aires

Mar Chiquita

Victor Hugo Michelini

2383597

01/11/2025

Argentina

Buenos Aires

Estancia Nahuel Ruca, Mar Chiquita

Victor Hugo Michelini

2380330

18/10/2025

Argentina

Buenos Aires

Estancia Nahuel Ruca, Mar Chiquita

Victor Hugo Michelini

2373457

11/10/2025

Argentina

Buenos Aires

Laguna Nahuel Ruca, Mar Chiquita

Tiago Vaggi

2377960

04/10/2025

Argentina

Buenos Aires

Estancia Nahuel Ruca, Mar Chiquita

Victor Hugo Michelini

2308841

07/06/2025

Argentina

Buenos Aires

Laguna Nahuel Ruca, Mar Chiquita

Victor Hugo Michelini

2212981

12/10/2024

Argentina

Buenos Aires

Albúfera de Mar Chiquita, Mar Chiquita

Victor Hugo Michelini

2168682

15/06/2024

Argentina

Buenos Aires

Mar de Cobo--Parque Lago, Mar Chiquita

José Luis Ianiro

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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.