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Lesser (Darwin's) Rhea (Pterocnemia pennata) with chicks, Patagonia, Region XII Magallanes y Antartica chilena, Chile
This is the southern subspecies - the Avestruz de Magallanes or Darwin's Rhea (Pterocnemia pennata pennata). It is also known as Ñandú in Chile. The male entices several females to lay eggs in a ground scrape nest that he has constructed, then he incubates the eggs and looks after the young for several months on his own.
Photo ID: CHI_10392_Lesser_(Darwin_s)_Rhea_(Rhea_pennata)_Estancia_Laguna_Amarga_Patagonia_Chile_November_12_ECrsEsA
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Photo size: 28.7 Mpixels (82 MB uncompressed) - 5166x5550 pixels (17.2x18.5 in / 43.7x47.0 cm at 300 ppi)
Photo keywords: Antartica, Antartida, avian, avifauna, biology, bird, birds, Chile, Darwin, Darwin's, feather, feathers, flight, flightless, Lesser, Magallanes, Martin Grace, natural history, nature, ornithology, Patagonia, pennata, Pterocnemia, region, rhea, Rheidae, wild, wildlife, wing, wings, zoology
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