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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 Parque Nacional Patagonia

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: 615621
♂ ♀ Parque Nacional Patagonia
Santa Cruz
Argentina
12/12/2024
Hernán Tolosa
Foto
Photography ID: 574239
  Fledgling
Parque Nacional Patagonia
Santa Cruz
Argentina
01/19/2024
Max Uranga
Foto
Photography ID: 574238
  Adult
Parque Nacional Patagonia
Santa Cruz
Argentina
01/19/2024
Max Uranga
Foto
Photography ID: 574003
  Fledgling
Parque Nacional Patagonia
Santa Cruz
Argentina
01/19/2024
Max Uranga
Foto
Photography ID: 574002
♂  Adult
Parque Nacional Patagonia
Santa Cruz
Argentina
01/19/2024
Max Uranga
Foto
Photography ID: 573655
  Squab
Parque Nacional Patagonia
Santa Cruz
Argentina
01/19/2024
Santos Uranga
Foto
Photography ID: 573654
  Adult
Parque Nacional Patagonia
Santa Cruz
Argentina
01/20/2024
Santos Uranga
Foto
Photography ID: 573652
  Adult
Parque Nacional Patagonia
Santa Cruz
Argentina
01/19/2024
Santos Uranga
Foto
Photography ID: 573041
  Squab
Parque Nacional Patagonia
Santa Cruz
Argentina
01/18/2024
Santos Uranga
Foto
Photography ID: 573040
  Adult
Parque Nacional Patagonia
Santa Cruz
Argentina
01/18/2024
Santos Uranga
Foto
Photography ID: 573037
  Adult
Parque Nacional Patagonia
Santa Cruz
Argentina
01/18/2024
Santos Uranga



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
221339212/12/2024ArgentinaSanta CruzParque Nacional Patagonia sendero Tierra de Colores, Parque Nacional PatagoniaHernán Tolosa
200539520/01/2024ArgentinaSanta CruzLa Posta de Los Toldos, Parque Nacional PatagoniaSantos Uranga
200597819/01/2024ArgentinaSanta CruzLa Posta de Los Toldos, Parque Nacional PatagoniaMax Uranga
200539619/01/2024ArgentinaSanta CruzParque Nacional Patagonia camino La Guanaca, Parque Nacional PatagoniaSantos Uranga
200539219/01/2024ArgentinaSanta CruzLa Posta de Los Toldos, Parque Nacional PatagoniaSantos Uranga
200418018/01/2024ArgentinaSanta CruzLa Posta de Los Toldos, Parque Nacional PatagoniaSantos Uranga
194051906/01/2024ArgentinaSanta CruzParque Nacional Patagonia Posta Los Toldos, Parque Nacional PatagoniaPablo Marcelo Meyer
154323926/01/2022ArgentinaSanta CruzLa Posta de Los Toldos, Parque Nacional PatagoniaDaniel Acosta
123449813/03/2020ArgentinaSanta CruzPortal Cañadon Pinturas, Parque Nacional PatagoniaJorge Schlemmer
123402312/03/2020ArgentinaSanta CruzPortal Cañadon Pinturas, Parque Nacional PatagoniaJorge Schlemmer
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Citation recommended:

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