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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: 640112
♂  Adult
Via sin Nombre
Tacuarembo
Uruguay
02/02/2025
Eugenia Boggiano
Foto
Photography ID: 323644
  Adult
Tacuarembó
Tacuarembo
Uruguay
11/24/2018
Analía García
Foto
Photography ID: 250919
♂  Adult
Laureles
Tacuarembo
Uruguay
02/25/2018
Adrian Antunez
Foto
Photography ID: 27408
  Adult
Campo
Tacuarembo
Uruguay
09/27/2013
Alvaro Pérez Tort



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Page 1
Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
237158104/10/2025UruguayTacuaremboEstación Laureles3Gabriel Carbajales
230742902/02/2025UruguayTacuarembo-31.361, -55.972, Via sin Nombre1Eugenia Boggiano
230718101/02/2025UruguayTacuarembo2Eugenia Boggiano
90064424/11/2018UruguayTacuaremboEstablecimiento Bichadero, Cuchilla de Laureles, TacuarembóAnalía García
70687425/02/2018UruguayTacuaremboLaurelesAdrian Antunez
7419827/09/2013UruguayTacuaremboCampoAlvaro Pérez Tort
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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 29/03/2026.