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Lesser (Darwin's) Rhea (Pterocnemia pennata), Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia
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.
Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Region XII Magallanes y Antartica chilena, Chile, South America
Photo ID: CHI_4333_Lesser_or_Darwin's_Rhea_(Pterocnemia_pennata)_Male_REA
Photo size: 16.0 Mpixels (45.7 MB uncompressed) - 4896x3264 pixels (16.3x10.9 in / 41.5x27.6 cm at 300 ppi)
Photo keywords: biology, bird, birds, feather, feathers, flightless, Martin Grace, national park, ornithology, parque nacional, pennata, Pterocnemia, rhea, Rheidae, Torres del Paine, zoology
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