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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 Ruta 40

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: 346940
  Adult
Ruta 40
Santa Cruz
Argentina
08/16/2019
Zulima América Schupbach
Foto
Photography ID: 306387
  Adult
Ruta 40
Santa Cruz
Argentina
12/15/2018
Zulima América Schupbach
Foto
Photography ID: 306124
  Fledgling
Ruta 40
Santa Cruz
Argentina
12/14/2018
Zulima América Schupbach
Foto
Photography ID: 306123
 Ruta 40
Santa Cruz
Argentina
12/14/2018
Zulima América Schupbach
Foto
Photography ID: 306122
 Ruta 40
Santa Cruz
Argentina
12/14/2018
Zulima América Schupbach
Foto
Photography ID: 293976
  Adult
Ruta 40
Santa Cruz
Argentina
10/08/2018
Zulima América Schupbach



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
241578204/01/2026ArgentinaSanta CruzRuta 40Jorgelina Lopez
241576203/01/2026ArgentinaSanta CruzTres Lagos, Ruta 40Jorgelina Lopez
172722217/02/2023ArgentinaSanta CruzDe Perito Moreno a Río Mayo, Ruta 406Guillermo Enrique Rost
96285716/08/2019ArgentinaSanta CruzRuta 40 entre Perito Moreno y Bajo Caracoles, Ruta 40Zulima América Schupbach
85875715/12/2018ArgentinaSanta CruzRuta 40 entre Perito Moreno y Bajo Caracoles, Ruta 40Zulima América Schupbach
85831714/12/2018ArgentinaSanta CruzRio Decker puesto fijo, Ruta 40Zulima América Schupbach
82555208/10/2018ArgentinaSanta CruzBajada de Miguez, Ruta 40Zulima América Schupbach
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Lesser Rhea (Rhea pennata) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 16/03/2026.