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 LC    Horned Screamer* Id (Atlas):
    Anhima cornuta

Description (10)
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Family
Anhimidae (Screamers)

Size
84 - 92 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Linnaeus, 1766)

Habitat
Inland wetlands. From sea-level - 800 m.

Range (Guide)
Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago (E), Venezuela.

Tropical southern America, from Colombia through Brazil to northern Argentina.
 
Population
Estimated population is 25,000 - 100,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (39)...)

 
Horned Screamer (Anhima cornuta) [XC816905]
     by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Aragua\u00edna, Tocantins Ch\u00e1cara do Pedro Araujo, Brazil (song)

 
Horned Screamer (Anhima) [XC257264]
     by John V. Moore from Sucumb\u00edos: Imuyacocha (Lagartococha), Ecuador (call, calls)

Subspecies
No subspecies.


References
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Files:
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