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Lesser Rhea

Rhea pennata
d´Orbigny, ACVMD, 1834
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Family: Rheidae
Order: Rheiformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Records from Cabo Virgenes

Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Subspecies:

Taxonomic Notes:

-10/12/2022: HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 stopped considering the Andean Rhea (Rhea tarapacensis) as a full species (unlike v6), nor do IOC v12.2 and Birds of the World 2022, so in EcoRegistros we began considering it as a subspecies of the Lesser Rhea (Rhea pennata).




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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 667327
♂ ♀ Cabo Virgenes
Santa Cruz
Argentina
12/23/2025
Hernán Tolosa
Foto
Photography ID: 521988
 Cabo Virgenes
Santa Cruz
Argentina
01/14/2023
Fabian Pesikonis
Foto
Photography ID: 103818
  Adult
Cabo Virgenes
Santa Cruz
Argentina
01/15/2013
Diego Villalba



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Video ID: 1515
♂ ♀ Cabo Virgenes
Santa Cruz
Argentina
02/15/2013
Claudia Mora



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
241567423/12/2025ArgentinaSanta CruzCamino entre Rio Gallegos y Cabo Virgenes, Cabo VirgenesHernán Tolosa
170978714/01/2023ArgentinaSanta CruzCamino entre Rio Gallegos y Cabo Virgenes, Cabo VirgenesFabian Pesikonis
43815015/02/2013ArgentinaSanta CruzCamino entre Rio Gallegos y Cabo Virgenes, Cabo VirgenesClaudia Mora
29910315/01/2013ArgentinaSanta CruzCamino entre Rio Gallegos y Cabo Virgenes, Cabo VirgenesDiego Villalba
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Lesser Rhea (Rhea pennata) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 14/03/2026.