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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

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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Foto
Photography ID: 639414
  Immature
Esquel
Chubut
Argentina
03/03/2020
Gustavo Marasco
Foto
Photography ID: 177753
♂  Adult
Esquel
Chubut
Argentina
11/25/2016
Zulima América Schupbach
Foto
Photography ID: 41238
♂ 
Esquel
Chubut
Argentina
02/18/2014
Veronica Edith Schefski



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
230548103/03/2020ArgentinaChubutEsquelGustavo Marasco
50881625/11/2016ArgentinaChubutRuta 40 - entre Tecka y Esquel., EsquelZulima América Schupbach
11802618/02/2014ArgentinaChubutRuta 40 - entre Tecka y Esquel., EsquelVeronica Edith Schefski
14012020/01/2014ArgentinaChubutEsquelEmiliano Garcia Loyola
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Lesser Rhea (Rhea pennata) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 11/03/2026.