Chauna torquata

(Oken, 1816)

Vernacular names
English : Southern screamer
French : Kamichi à collier

Classification
Class : Aves
Order : Anseriformes
Family : Anhimidae
Notes : No subspecies known.

Identification
Adults can reach a size of 95 cm for a weight up to 4.4 kg. Stiff occipital crest. Red legs, bright red skin around eyes, dull pink-brown bill. Grey plumage with a brown tinge on wings. Black base of neck with thin white ring.

Range and habitat
South America, from extreme South-East Peru and Bolivia to South Brazil, south to Central Argentina. Lives in wetlands and around swamps, also in agricultural land.

Conservation
IUCN RED LIST : LEAST CONCERN
CITES : Not Listed
Status : Most abundant of all screamer species, locally common but suffers from hunting pressure and loss of habitat as lives in densely populated areas.
Ex-Situ Programs : SSP in America

Observation
Ménagerie du Jardin des Plantes (France), Zoo Zlin (Czechia)

 

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