Darwin's rhea
Darwin's rhea or the lesser rhea (Rhea pennata) is a large flightless bird, the smaller of the two extant species of rheas. It is found in the Altiplano and Patagonia in South America.
| Darwin's rhea | |
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| At Zurich Zoo, Switzerland | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Infraclass: | Palaeognathae |
| Order: | Rheiformes |
| Family: | Rheidae |
| Genus: | Rhea |
| Species: | R. pennata |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhea pennata d'Orbigny, 1837 | |
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