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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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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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Photography ID: 614366
  Adult
El Calafate
Santa Cruz
Argentina
11/24/2024
Pablo Alberto Re
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Photography ID: 498305
  Adult
El Calafate
Santa Cruz
Argentina
04/12/2015
Carmen Lúcia Bays Figueiredo



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
220804824/11/2024ArgentinaSanta CruzEl CalafatePablo Alberto Re
194780011/01/2024ArgentinaSanta CruzAeropuerto del Calafate, El Calafate2Nicolas Olejnik
154451809/02/2022ArgentinaSanta CruzRuta Provincial 15, El Calafate3Gustavo Fernando Durán
88889406/01/2019ArgentinaSanta CruzEl Calafate, El CalafateGustavo Daniel González
106783116/12/2016ArgentinaSanta CruzEl Calafate20Julian Quillen Vidoz
48615629/09/2016ArgentinaSanta CruzEl CalafateWalter Liriel Gómez Umpierrez
160315512/04/2015ArgentinaSanta CruzEl CalafateCarmen Lúcia Bays Figueiredo
160272618/12/2014ArgentinaSanta CruzEl CalafateCarmen Lúcia Bays Figueiredo
11857002/03/2014ArgentinaSanta CruzRuta de acceso al aeropuerto de Calafate, El CalafateRuggeri Andres
10780417/01/2014ArgentinaSanta CruzSobre la ruta, camino al glaciar, El CalafateJuan Fernando Asuar
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Lesser Rhea (Rhea pennata) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 13/03/2026.