Rhea (bird)

Rhea Temporal range: pleistocene–present PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Pleistocene to present
American Rhea, Rhea americana
التصنيف العلمي
مملكة:	الحيوانية
Phylum:	الحبليات
Class:	الطيور
Superorder:	Paleognathae
Order:	Rheiformes
Family:	Rheidae (Bonaparte, 1849)
Genus:	Rheamodi (Brisson, 1760)
Species
Rhea americana American Rhea Rhea pennata Darwin's Rhea

الرية The rheas are ratites (flightless birds, with unkeeled sterna) in the genus Rhea, native to South America. There are two existing species: the Greater or American Rhea and the Lesser or Darwin's Rhea.

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 التصنيف

• Greater Rhea Rhea americana
  • R. a. americana, found in the cerrados (bushlands) of central and eastern البرازيل.
  • R. a. intermedia, southeastern البرازيل in Rio Grande do Sul and Uruguay.
  • R. a. nobilis, eastern Paraguay, east of Rio Paraguay.
  • R. a. araneipes, chaco of Paraguay to Bolivia and Mato Grosso in Brazil.
  • R. a. albescens, plains of الأرجنتين south to Rio Negro.
• Lesser Rhea Rhea pennata
  • R. p. garleppi, puna of southeastern Peru, southwestern Bolivia, and northwestern Argentina.
  • R. p. tarapacensis, northern Chile from Atacama to Tarapacá.
  • R. p. pennata, Patagonian steppes in southern Argentina and southern Chile.

 السلوك

A rhea gallivanting.

 منافعه للإنسان

Rhea meat

 المصادر

• Brands, Sheila (August 14, 2008). "Systema Naturae 2000 / Classification, Family Rheidae". Project: The Taxonomicon. Retrieved Feb 04 2009. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
• Clements, James (2007). The Clements Checklist of the Birds of the World (6 ed.). Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. ISBN 978 0 8014 4501 9.
• Davies, S. J. J. F. (2003). "Rheas". In Hutchins, Michael (ed.). Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. Vol. 8 Birds I Tinamous and Ratites to Hoatzins (2 ed.). Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Group. pp. 69–71. ISBN 0 7876 5784 0.
• Davies, S. J. J. F. (1991). Forshaw, Joseph (ed.). Encyclopaedia of Animals: Birds. London: Merehurst Press. pp. 47–48. ISBN 1-85391-186-0.
• Knox, A.; Walters, M. (1994). Extinct and Endangered Birds in the Collections of the Natural History Museum. British Ornithologists' Club Occasional Publications. Vol. 1. British Ornithologists' Club.
• Martin, W. C. L. (1835). An introduction to study of birds. London, UK: Chiswick. p. 400. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |laydate=, |separator=, |month=, |laysummary=, |chapterurl=, and |lastauthoramp= (help)
• Remsen Jr., J. V. (7 August 2008). "Classification of birds of South America Part 01:". South American Classification Committee. American Ornithologists' Union. p. Proposal#348. Retrieved 4 February 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
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 وصلات خارجية

• Rhea videos on the Internet Bird Collection