Horned screamer

Horned screamer
Three in Manu National Park, Peru
Horned Screamer calls, recorded in Amacayacu National Park, Colombia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anhimidae
Genus: Anhima
Brisson, 1760
Species:
A. cornuta
Binomial name
Anhima cornuta
(Linnaeus, 1766)
Distribution map
Synonyms

Palamedea cornuta Linnaeus, 1766

The horned screamer (Anhima cornuta) is a species of bird that belongs to a relatively small family, the Anhimidae, which occurs in wetlands of tropical South America. There are three screamer species, the other two being the southern screamer and the northern screamer in the genus Chauna. They are related to the ducks, geese and swans, which are in the family Anatidae, but have bills looking more like those of game birds.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Anhima cornuta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22679723A92826187. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22679723A92826187.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.