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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 Paraje La Esperanza

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: 142496
  Adult
Paraje La Esperanza
Santa Cruz
Argentina
03/04/2016
Santiago Alemán



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
194820206/01/2024ArgentinaSanta CruzParaje La EsperanzaNicolas Olejnik
174697303/04/2023ArgentinaSanta CruzParaje La EsperanzaNicolas Olejnik
82434607/10/2018ArgentinaSanta CruzParaje La EsperanzaZulima América Schupbach
41490604/03/2016ArgentinaSanta CruzEstancia de la zona, Paraje La EsperanzaSantiago Alemán
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Lesser Rhea (Rhea pennata) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 12/03/2026.