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Greater Rhea (Rhea americana) (28234029614)🐦

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SpeciesRheiformesRheidae
Birds

🐦Greater Rhea

Rhea americana (Linnaeus, 1758)

Större nandu (Rhea americana) är en sydamerikansk fågel i familjen nanduer. Den är inte bara den största av arterna i släktet Rhea utan även den tyngsta nu levande fågeln i Amerika. Den har en medelvikt på 30 kilo men kan väga upp till 50 kilo och mäta 1,5 meter. På senare år har arten etablerat sig i norra Tyskland sedan en mindre grupp flytt ur en inhägnad.

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Also called
Common Rhea
Conservation status
NTNear threatened

IUCN Red List assessment, 2022.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
23 kg
Body length
not recorded
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
not recorded
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the Greater Rhea

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
23 kg
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

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  • 23 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: low
Tail length
0.06 m
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Wing length
0.6 m
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Beak length
0.09 m
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Tarsus length
0.31 m
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Gestation
36 days
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data quality: low

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Trophic level
Omnivore
AVONET
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Habitat
Grassland
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Lifestyle
Terrestrial
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Volume l
23 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Greater Rhea yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force, maximum lifespan.

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classAves
  4. ›orderRheiformes
  5. ›familyRheidae
  6. ›genusRhea
  7. ›speciesRhea americana
Full lineage
  1. classBirds · Aves
  2. orderRheiformes
  3. familyRheidae
  4. genusRhea
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. orderSauria
  9. classBirds · Aves
  10. superorderPalaeognathae
  11. orderRheiformes
  12. familyRheidae
  13. genusRhea
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Ema (pt), Nandu (da), Rhea americana (es), Nandu (de), レア (ja), Rhea americana (it) … and 24 more languages
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