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
Few zoos keep the northern screamer, and most of those that do are located in Colombia. These zoos inclue the Cali Zoo, the Matecaña City Zoo in Pereira, Risaralda and the Guatika Zoo in Tibasosa, Boyacá.
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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