Rhea americana (Linnaeus, 1758)

Fischer, Wagner, Faria de Godoi, Raquel & Conceição Paranhos Filho, Antonio, 2018, Roadkill records of reptiles and birds in Cerrado and Pantanal landscapes, Check List 14 (5), pp. 845-876 : 866

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.15560/14.5.845
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5477724
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scientific name	Rhea americana (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Records. Table 3.

The Greater Rhea is the largest flightless bird species in Brazil ( Fig. 11), and is easily recognized by its size (TL ca 1.5 m), long neck and legs, no tail, and brown-gray plumage. The males have a black breast and neck.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Aves
Order	Rheiformes
Family	Rheidae
Genus	Rhea

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