Rhea americana (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vitorino, Breno Dias, Vilas Boas da Frota, Angélica, Ikeda Castrillon, Solange Kimie & Nunes, Josué Ribeiro da Silva, 2018, Birds of Estação Ecológica da Serra das Araras, state of Mato Grosso, Brazil: additions and review, Check List 14 (5), pp. 893-922 : 906

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.15560/14.5.893

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A187DD-FFAA-FFB5-FF08-FACBFE071432

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Marcus

scientific name

Rhea americana (Linnaeus, 1758)
status

 

Rhea americana (Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL

We recorded the species in an open area under influ- ence of a rural zone, in Area C. Readily identified by its gray mantle forming a dorsal humpback and enveloping the whole body, except for the rear, which is white and lacks a tail ( Sick 1997).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Aves

Order

Rheiformes

Family

Rheidae

Genus

Rhea

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