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Greater Rhea

Rhea americana
(Linnaeus, C, 1758)
Ñandú
Ema
Family: Rheidae
Order: Rheiformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Records from Parque Nacional Talampaya

Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Near Threatened

Synonyms: Struthio americanus.

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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 496752
  Adult
Parque Nacional Talampaya
La Rioja
Argentina
03/31/2022
Silvio Lamothe
Foto
Photography ID: 167994
  Adult
Parque Nacional Talampaya
La Rioja
Argentina
09/16/2016
Carlos De Biagi
Foto
Photography ID: 158846
♂  Adult
Parque Nacional Talampaya
La Rioja
Argentina
07/19/2016
Carlos De Biagi
Foto
Photography ID: 74696
  Juvenile
Parque Nacional Talampaya
La Rioja
Argentina
12/29/2014
Pablo Moreno



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
159606131/03/2022ArgentinaLa RiojaParque Nacional TalampayaSilvio Lamothe
69725411/02/2018ArgentinaLa RiojaParque Nacional Talampaya8Dario Juan Wendeler
64377510/11/2017ArgentinaLa RiojaParque Nacional TalampayaRosana Ursino
62057125/09/2017ArgentinaLa RiojaCerca de la ruta, Parque Nacional TalampayaJulian Uriel Collado
59792526/07/2017ArgentinaLa RiojaParque Nacional TalampayaPablo Brudnick
47842716/09/2016ArgentinaLa RiojaParque Nacional TalampayaCarlos De Biagi
45606019/07/2016ArgentinaLa RiojaParque Nacional TalampayaCarlos De Biagi
21707629/12/2014ArgentinaLa RiojaParque Nacional TalampayaPablo Moreno
1499803/10/2009ArgentinaLa RiojaParque Nacional TalampayaFrancisco Lucero
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Bibliography related


Artículo Lucero, F. y J. C. Chebez. 2011. Nuevas citas y ampliación de la distribución de algunas aves en las provincias de San Juan, Mendoza y La Rioja. Nótulas Faunísticas N° 71. Fundación Félix de Azara.



Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Greater Rhea (Rhea americana) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 25/03/2026.