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Rhea americana (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Aves
order
Rheiformes
family
Rheidae
genus
Rhea
species
Rhea americana

Name

Synonyms
Struthio americanus Linnaeus, 1758
Homonyms
Rhea americana (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common names
Greater Rhea in English
Greater Rhea in English
Greater Rhea in English
Greater Rhea in English
Greater Rhea in English
Greater Rhea in English
Greater Rhea in English
Nandoe in Dutch
Nandou d'Amérique in French
Nandu in German
Nandu in German
Nandu in Danish
Nandù in Italian
Stornandu in Norwegian
amerikinis nandu in Lithuanian
common rhea in language.
ema in Portuguese
greater rhea in language.
greater rhea in English
greater rhea in English
nandu in Finnish
nandu in Hungarian
nandu in Estonian
nandu pampový in Slovak
nandu pampový in Czech
nandu szare in Polish
nyandú comú in Catalan–Valencian
större nandu in Swedish
Ñandú común in Spanish
Обыкновенный нанду in Russian
レア in Japanese
大美洲鴕 in Chinese
大美洲鸵 in Chinese

Bibliographic References

  1. (1996) NODC Taxonomic Code
  2. (2005) website, 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 14-Dec-2005
  3. (2005) website, CITES Appendices, 23-Jun-2005
  4. (2005) website, Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2005.11.25
  5. (2014) Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive
  6. (2015) IOC World Bird List (v 5.4), website (version 5.4)
  7. (2015) IOC World Bird List (v 5.4), website (version 5.4)
  8. C. M. Deschamps (2005) Late Cenozoic mammal bio-chronostratigraphy in southwestern Buenos Aires Province, Argentina: Ameghiniana 4: 733--750
  9. Dickinson, Edward C., ed. (2003) The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, 3rd edition
  10. Dickinson, Edward C., ed. (2003) The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, 3rd edition
  11. Dickinson, Edward C., ed., 2003: null. The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, 3rd edition. 1039.
  12. Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names
  13. Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names
  14. Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright, 2006: null. Birds of the World: Recommended English Names. ix + 259.
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