Darwin's rhea

Darwin's rhea
At Zurich Zoo, Switzerland
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[2][note 1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Infraclass: Palaeognathae
Order: Rheiformes
Family: Rheidae
Genus: Rhea
Species:
R. pennata
Binomial name
Rhea pennata
d'Orbigny, 1837
Subspecies
Synonyms
  • Pterocnemia pennata (d'Orbigny 1834) Chubb 1913
  • Rhea darwinii Gould 1837[4][5]
  • Pterocnemia darwinii (Gould 183)
  • Struthio darwinii (Gould 1837)
  • Rhea nana Lyddekker 1894

Darwin's rhea or the lesser rhea (Rhea pennata) is a large flightless bird, the smaller of the two extant species of rheas. It is found in the Altiplano and Patagonia in South America.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Rhea pennata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22728199A132179491. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22728199A132179491.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference SN was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Peters, James L. (1979)
  5. ^ Gould, J. (1837). "On a New Rhea (Rhea Darwinii) from Mr. Darwin's Collection". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 5 (51): 35.


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