Rheas (Rheidae)
Greater Rhea (Rhea americana) - HBW 1, p. 89
French: Nandou d'Amérique
German: Nandu
Spanish: Ñandú Común
Other common names: Common Rhea
Taxonomy: Struthio americanus Linnaeus, 1758, Sergipe and Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, fide Marcgraf.
Several races poorly known, classification remains provisional. Five subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- americana (Linnaeus, 1758) - NE to SE Brazil.
- intermedia Rothschild & Chubb, 1914 - SE Brazil, Uruguay.
- nobilis Brodkorb, 1939 - E Paraguay.
- americana (Linnaeus, 1758) - NE to SE Brazil.
- intermedia Rothschild & Chubb, 1914 - SE Brazil, Uruguay.
- nobilis Brodkorb, 1939 - E Paraguay.
- araneipes Brodkorb, 1938 - W Paraguay, E Bolivia, SW Brazil.
- albescens Lynch Arribálzaga & Holmberg, 1878 - NE & E Argentina.
- Near Threatened Enlarge map
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A family group on a crop and crossing a road, one of the adults being alert. Locality Chapadao do Ceu, Goiás State, Brazil (ssp americana)
Josep del Hoyo 8 January 2005 4 years ago 28 sec 4.7 -
Three birds walking, then the male displaying. Locality Ceibas, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina (ssp albescens)
Josep del Hoyo 24 September 2008 2 years ago 47 sec 4.7 -
A male foraging on the ground Locality Emas National Park, Goiás State, Brazil (ssp americana)
Josep del Hoyo 11 January 2005 4 years ago 27 sec 4.6 -
A group of males walking and preening Locality Emas National Park, Goiás State, Brazil (ssp americana)
Josep del Hoyo 11 January 2005 4 years ago 27 sec 4.2 -
A juvenile feeding on a crop Locality Chapadao do Ceu, Goiás State, Brazil (ssp americana)
Josep del Hoyo 8 January 2005 4 years ago 40 sec 4.2 -
A large family group on a crop, walking and feeding Locality Chapadao do Ceu, Goiás State, Brazil (ssp americana)
Josep del Hoyo 8 January 2005 4 years ago 30 sec 4.2
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Adulto
Locality San Miguel del Monte (Monte), Buenos Aires Province, Argentina (ssp albescens)
Silvia Vitale 13 June 2009 2 years ago 4.5 -
Since 2000 some escaped Greater Rhea are living free in the Biosphere Reserve Schaalsee
Locality Schaalsee Biosphere Reserve, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Rainer Mönke 4 November 2011 13 weeks ago 3.9 -
A dorsal view of a male with open wings, close to a female.
Locality Ceibas, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina (ssp albescens)
Josep del Hoyo 24 September 2008 2 years ago 3.9 -
An individual looking for food.
Locality Pantanal, Brazil (ssp araneipes)
Joe Tobias 1 January 2004 14 weeks ago 3.8 -
Since 2000 there are some escaped Greater Rheas living free in the Biosphere Reserve Schaalsee
Locality Schaalsee Biosphere Reserve, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Rainer Mönke 4 November 2011 13 weeks ago 3.7 -
Foraging along the Transpantaneira
Locality Pantanal, Mato Grosso State, Brazil (ssp araneipes)
Ian Barker 7 June 2010 1 year ago 3.6
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