Greater rhea (Rhea americana) in Tierpark Hellabrunn, Munich, Germany
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)[1]
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Infraclass:
Palaeognathae
Order:
Rheiformes
Family:
Rheidae
Genus:
Rhea
Species:
R. americana
Binomial name
Rhea americana
(Linnaeus, 1758)[3]
Subspecies
R. a. albescens (Arribálzaga & Holmberg, 1878)[3] R. a. americana (Linnaeus, 1758)[3] R. a. araneipes Brodkorb, 1938[3] R. a. intermidia Rotschild & Chubb, 1914[3] R. a. nobilis Brodkorb, 1939[3]
Distribution of subspecies
Synonyms
Struthio americanusLinnaeus 1758
Struthio camelus americanus(Linnaeus 1758)
Struthio rhea von Linné 1766
Rhea nandua Temminck 1823
Rhea macrorhyncha Sclater 1860
Rhea albescens Lynch & Holmberg 1878
Rhea rothschildi Brabourne & Chubb 1911
The greater rhea (Rhea americana) is a species of flightless bird native to eastern South America. Other names for the greater rhea include the grey, common, or American rhea; ema (Portuguese); or ñandú (Guaraní and Spanish). One of two species in the genus Rhea, in the family Rheidae, it inhabits a variety of open areas, such as grasslands, savanna or grassy wetlands. Weighing 20–27 kilograms (44–60 lb), the greater rhea is the largest native bird in the Americas.[4] In the wild, the greater rhea has a life expectancy of 10.5 years.[5] It is also notable for its reproductive habits, and for the fact that a population has established itself in Northern Germany in recent years.[6] The species is listed as Near Threatened by the IUCN.
^BirdLife International (2022). "Rhea americana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T22678073A219615764. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
Kirwan, Guy M.; Korthals, Arne; Hodes, Carly E. (2 April 2021). "GreaterRhea (Rhea americana), version 2.0". In Keeney, B. K. (ed.). Birds of the World...
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the Neogene period. Its closest living relatives are the greaterrhea and the lesser rhea. Rhea fossilis is only known by a couple of fossils, a tibia and...
Macroscopic and microscopic anatomy of the oviduct in the sexually mature rhea (Rhea americana). Anatomia, histologia, embryologia, 37(3), 169-176. del Hoyo...
João & Young, Robert John (2006): The fishing rhea: a new food item in the diet of wild greaterrheas (Rhea americana, Rheidae, Aves). Revista Brasileira...
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association, with supplemental additions from Avibase. One species, greaterrhea, has been added from another source. Of the 548 species, 15 have been...
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appeared in the Paleocene. It is today represented by the sole living genus Rhea, but also contains several extinct genera. Order Rheiformes (Forbes, 1884)...
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standing nearly the same height as the flightless and thus much heavier greaterrhea. For the continent, it also has the second largest wingspan, after the...
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Notopalaeognathae is a clade that contains the order Rheiformes (rheas), the clade Novaeratitae (which includes the cassowaries and emus, the kiwis, and...
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