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Rhea pennata tarapacensis

Lesser Rhea
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Family: Rheidae
Order: Rheiformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Records of Rhea pennata tarapacensis

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: 557947
♂ ♀ Catua
Jujuy
Argentina
12/18/2022
Santiago M. Carrillo
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Photography ID: 527746
  Adult
Parque Nacional Talampaya
La Rioja
Argentina
07/25/2017
Gustavo Pascuas



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
226208205/02/2025ArgentinaSan JuanParque Nacional El LeoncitoGustavo Daniel González
192230218/12/2022ArgentinaJujuyVega de Huaitiquina, CatuaSantiago M. Carrillo
173358025/07/2017ArgentinaLa RiojaParque Nacional TalampayaGustavo Pascuas
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Lesser Rhea (Rhea pennata) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 10/03/2026.