Northern screamer
| Northern screamer | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Anseriformes |
| Family: | Anhimidae |
| Genus: | Chauna |
| Species: | C. chavaria |
| Binomial name | |
| Chauna chavaria Linnaeus, 1766 | |
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| Distribution map | |
The northern screamer (Chauna chavaria), also known as the black-necked screamer, is a large species of bird in the small family Anhimidae, the screamers. It is a resident breeder in northern Colombia, in Chocó, Antioquia, Córdoba, Sucre, Bolívar, Magdalena, Santander, and Cesar Departments and northwestern Venezuela, in Zulia, Mérida, and Trujillo States.[2] On average, they are 88.9 cm (35 in) long and weigh about 3.9 kg (8.6 lb).
They are Near Threatened.[1]
Captivity
Not many zoos can show the northern screamer. Most zoos that show them are in Colombia like the Cali Zoo. and the Matecaña City Zoo in Pereira, Risaralda
Footnotes
- 1 2 BirdLife International (2012). "Chauna chavaria". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ Clements, J. (2007)
References
- Clements, James, (2007) The Clements Checklist of the Birds of the World, Cornell University Press, Ithaca
- IUCN (2009) BirdLife International Chauna chavaria Accessed on 11 May 2009.
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