Greater Rhea Rhea americana Scientific name definitions
- NT Near Threatened
- Names (32)
- Subspecies (5)
Guy M. Kirwan, Arne Korthals, and Carly E. Hodes
Version: 2.0 — Published April 2, 2021
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Asturian | ñandñ |
| Bulgarian | Голямо нанду |
| Catalan | nyandú comú |
| Croatian | veliki nandu |
| Czech | nandu pampový |
| Danish | Nandu |
| Dutch | Nandoe |
| English | Greater Rhea |
| English (United States) | Greater Rhea |
| French | Nandou d'Amérique |
| French (France) | Nandou d'Amérique |
| German | Nandu |
| Greek | Ρέα |
| Icelandic | Nandúi |
| Japanese | レア |
| Norwegian | stornandu |
| Polish | nandu szare |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | ema |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Nandú-grande |
| Russian | Нанду |
| Serbian | Veliki nandu |
| Slovak | nandu pampový |
| Slovenian | Navadni nandu |
| Spanish | Ñandú Común |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Ñandú |
| Spanish (Chile) | Greater Rhea |
| Spanish (Paraguay) | Ñandu |
| Spanish (Spain) | Ñandú común |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Ñandú |
| Swedish | större nandu |
| Turkish | Büyük Rea |
| Ukrainian | Нанду великий |
Revision Notes
Text was updated by Guy Kirwan and Arne Korthals.
Rhea americana (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Struthio americanus
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.155.
TYPE LOCALITY:
South America = Sergipe and Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, ex Marcgrave.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- RHEA
- rhea
- americ / americana / americanum / americanus
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Greater Rhea
