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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 Meseta del Lago Buenos Aires

Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

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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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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
202370922/03/2024ArgentinaSanta CruzMeseta del Lago Buenos AiresMaria Belén Dri
156192120/03/2022ArgentinaSanta CruzMeseta del Lago Buenos AiresEsteban Argerich
156217105/03/2022ArgentinaSanta CruzMeseta del Lago Buenos AiresPatricia Gabriela Mancilla Iglesias
156559118/02/2022ArgentinaSanta CruzMeseta del Lago Buenos AiresPatricia Gabriela Mancilla Iglesias
156503217/02/2022ArgentinaSanta CruzMeseta del Lago Buenos AiresPatricia Gabriela Mancilla Iglesias
155769424/01/2022ArgentinaSanta CruzEstación Biológica Juan Mazar Barnett - Aves Argentina, Meseta del Lago Buenos AiresPatricia Gabriela Mancilla Iglesias
119048615/01/2020ArgentinaSanta CruzMeseta del Lago Buenos Aires5Pablo Diaz Peñalba
83730412/01/2018ArgentinaSanta CruzMeseta del Lago Buenos Aires10Sebastián Martín Santiago
69483507/01/2018ArgentinaSanta CruzMeseta del Lago Buenos Aires10Sebastián Martín Santiago
15289227/03/2014ArgentinaSanta CruzMeseta del Lago Buenos AiresEduardo Militello
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Citation recommended:

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