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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 Comodoro Rivadavia

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: 617119
  Adult
Comodoro Rivadavia
Chubut
Argentina
12/07/2024
Gustavo Daniel González
Foto
Photography ID: 162150
 Comodoro Rivadavia
Chubut
Argentina
11/14/2012
Carolina De Souza
Foto
Photography ID: 157475
  Juvenile
Comodoro Rivadavia
Chubut
Argentina
01/20/2016
Carlos Villa
Foto
Photography ID: 82705
  Adult
Comodoro Rivadavia
Chubut
Argentina
01/29/2015
Luis Carlos De Volder



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
222920207/12/2024ArgentinaChubutEscalante, Comodoro RivadaviaGustavo Daniel González
176624020/04/2023ArgentinaChubutComodoro Rivadavia6Adrian Braidotti
45300020/01/2016ArgentinaChubutRuta P N° 37 15 Km antes del empalme con la Ruta Nac N°3, Comodoro RivadaviaCarlos Villa
24097929/01/2015ArgentinaChubutRuta 3, cruce con ruta 37, Comodoro RivadaviaLuis Carlos De Volder
46362414/11/2012ArgentinaChubutLaguna del puerto, Comodoro RivadaviaCarolina De Souza
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Citation recommended:

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