Lesser rhea
Rhea pennata / Lesser rhea
- Habitat
- Shrub and bush savannahs in Patagonia and the High Andes
- Continent
- South America
- Food
- Grasses and seeds, but also invertebrates like insects
- Gestation/breeding period
- 40 days
- Mode of life
- Groups of up to 25 animals, harems in the mating season
- Class
- Birds
- Order
- Struthioniformes
Key facts
~ 1 m
size
~ 25 kg
weight
~ 20 years
age
How endangered are Lesser rheas?
by IUCN (Red List of Threatened Species)
- Not evaluated
- Data deficient
-
Least concern Least concern - Near threatened
- Vulnerable
- Endangered
- Critically endangered
- Extinct in the wild
- Extinct
Did you know?
The lesser rhea has the largest wings of all ratites.
Lesser rhea on the zoo tour
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