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The Greater Rhea (Rhea americana) is a flightless bird found in eastern South America. Other names for the Greater Rhea include the Grey, Common, American Rhea, ñandú (Guaraní) or ema (Portuguese). One of two species in the genus Rhea, in the family Rheidae, the Greater Rhea is endemic to Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. It inhabits a variety of open areas, such as grasslands, savanna or grassy wetlands. Weighing 50–55 pounds (23–25 kg), the Greater Rhea is the largest bird in South America. In the wild, the Greater Rhea has a life expectancy of 10.5 years. It is also notable for its reproductive habits, and for the fact that a group has established itself in Germany in recent years. Source: Wikipedia
Order:
Rheiformes
Family:
Rheidae
Genus:
Rhea
Scientific:
Rhea americana
Citation:
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Reference:
Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.155
Protonym:
Struthio americanus
Avibase ID:
00986B2456382647
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/00986B24
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 174379
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 00: Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 01: Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 02: Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 03: Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 04: Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Nandou d'Amérique ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Nandou d'Amérique ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
Clements 1st edition: Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
Clements 3rd edition: Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
Clements 4th edition: Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (as published): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition: Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2015: Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2016: Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2017: Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2018: Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2019: Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.50: Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.52: Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.53: Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
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eBird version 1.55: Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
eBird version 2015: Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
eBird version 2016: Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
eBird version 2017: Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
eBird version 2018: Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
eBird version 2019: Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
Morony, Bock and Farrand: Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
James Lee Peters: Rhea americana [version 1] |
James Lee Peters (original): Rhea americana [version 1] |
James Lee Peters (2nd edition): Rhea americana [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe (1993): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe 2nd edition (1996): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (24/10/2003): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (14/09/2005): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (16/07/2006): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (26/09/2007): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (01/05/2008): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (30/09/2009): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (19/08/2010): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (8/08/2011): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (8/02/2012): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (4/09/2012): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (17/03/2013): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (9/02/2014): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (16/02/2015): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (28/07/2016): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (22/04/2017): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (4/06/2018): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (6/06/2019): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (20/02/2020): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (8/06/2020): Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01: Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana) [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Rhea americana [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Rhea americana [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species
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