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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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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Near Threatened

Synonyms: Struthio americanus.

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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 589617
  Adult
Mercedes
Corrientes
Argentina
06/24/2024
Hugo Alberto Valderrey
Foto
Photography ID: 470629
  Adult
Mercedes
Corrientes
Argentina
10/01/2021
Hugo Alberto Valderrey
Foto
Photography ID: 469921
  Adult
Mercedes
Corrientes
Argentina
11/01/2021
Hugo Alberto Valderrey
Foto
Photography ID: 169941
♂  Adult
Mercedes
Corrientes
Argentina
10/04/2016
Federico Silvestre
Foto
Photography ID: 22994
  Adult
Mercedes
Corrientes
Argentina
08/31/2011
Walter Prado



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
243015221/11/2025ArgentinaCorrientes-29.371653,-58.183078, Mercedes7Pablo Richter
239007821/11/2025ArgentinaCorrientesMercedes7Gabriel Carbajales
205138924/06/2024ArgentinaCorrientesRuta Nacional 123 108, MercedesHugo Alberto Valderrey
178148420/06/2023ArgentinaCorrientesMercedes2Pablo Bruni
198116304/04/2023ArgentinaCorrientesRuta Nacional 119, Mercedes1Naré Berduc
198116401/04/2023ArgentinaCorrientesRuta Nacional 119, Mercedes9Naré Berduc
210299914/05/2022ArgentinaCorrientesEa. Rincón del Socorro, Mercedes4Sabrina Godoy
210636213/05/2022ArgentinaCorrientesEa. Rincón del Socorro, Mercedes5Sabrina Godoy
210299713/05/2022ArgentinaCorrientesAuto selected -28.65440 -57.43085, Mercedes1Sabrina Godoy
210300012/05/2022ArgentinaCorrientes Corrientes, Mercedes3Sabrina Godoy
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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 18/03/2026.