Greater Rhea bird informationValues
Conservation statusNT - Near threatened
SynonymsAmerican rhea, Greather rhea, Common Rhea
Old latin name for birdRhea macrorhyncha, Struthio americanus, Rhea nandua, Rhea nandu
OrderRheas / Rheiformes
FamilyRheas / Rheidae
GenusRhea
Breeding regionSouth America
Breeding subregionse

Greater Rhea bird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Call, © Rosendo Fraga
    Argentina
  • 2.
    Song, © Rafael Martos Martins
    Brazil
  • 3.
    Call, © Lars Lachmann
    Germany
  • 4.
    Booming, © Bernabe Lopez-Lanus
    Argentina
  • 5.
    Song, © Joao Menezes
    Brazil
  • 6.
    Song, © Juan Pablo Culasso
    Uruguay
  • 7.
    Song, © Richard Hoyer
    Brazil
  • 8.
    Call, © Peter Boesman
    Brazil
  • 9.
    Song, © Richard Hoyer
    Brazil
  • 10.
    Song, © Bernabe Lopez-Lanus
    Argentina
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Related species

Where to see Greater Rhea

Greater Rhea subspecies (5)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Rhea americana albescensne, e Argentina-No
Rhea americana americanan, e Brazil-No
Rhea americana araneipessw Brazil, e Bolivia and w Paraguay-No
Rhea americana intermediase Brazil and Uruguay-No
Rhea americana nobilise Paraguay-No

Translation

LanguageTranslation
AbkhazianаМерикатәи нанду
Azerbaijanişimal nandusu, adi nandu
Bashkirнанду, Америка дөйәғошо
Bengaliিঅমভচযকান রযযা
BulgarianГолямо нанду, Обикновено нанду
CatalanNyandú, nyandú comú
Chinese大美洲鸵
Chinese (Traditional)大美洲鴕
Chuvashнанду
Croatianveliki nandu
Czechnandu pampový
DanishNandu
DutchRhea, Nandoe
EsperantoAmerika reao
Estoniannandu
Finnishnandu, Amerikannandu
FrenchNandou d’Amérique, Nandu américain, Nandou d'Amérique
GermanNandu, Pampastrauß
GreekΡέα
GuaraniÑandu guasu
Hungariannandu
IcelandicNandúi
IrishRia coiteann
ItalianNandù, Nandù maggiore, Nandú, Nandù comune, Rea americana
Japaneseレア, アメリカダチョウ, アメリカダチョウ(レア)
Kazakhамерикалық түйеқұс, нанду түйеқұсы, үлкен нанду, Америка түйеқұсы, кәдімгі нанду, нанду
LithuanianAmerikinis nandas, Paprastasis nandas, amerikinis nandu
Malteserhea kbira, rea l-kbira
Norwegianstornandu, Stornandu, Nandu
Norwegian NynorskStornandu
Polishnandu szare
Portuguesecongo, Nandu comum, avestruz, nhandu-guaçu, nandu-comum, ema, guaripé, nhandu, nandu-grande, xuri
RussianОбыкновенный нанду, Страус американский, Нанду, Северный нанду
SerbianVeliki nandu
Slovaknandu pampový
SlovenianNavadni nandu
SpanishÑandú Grande, Ñandu, Ñandú común, Piyo, Ñandú
SwedishNandu, större nandu
Tajikнанду
Tatarнанду
TurkishAmerika Devekuşu, Büyük Rea
Ukrainianнанду великий
UzbekБразилия туяқуши, оддий нанду