Loading…
Image info
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_10388_Lesser_(Darwin_s)_Rhea_(Rhea_pennata)_Estancia_Laguna_Amarga_Patagonia_Chile_November_12_E3CrsA
Photo size: 26.7 Mpixels (76.4 MB uncompressed) - 4274x6250 pixels (14.2x20.8 in / 36.2x52.9 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
https://d3e1m60ptf1oym.cloudfront.net/c375454a-3459-4830-9675-b6cf184714db/CHI_10392_Lesser_%28Darwin_s%29_Rhea_%28Rhea_pennata%29_Estancia_Laguna_Amarga_Patagonia_Chile_November_12_ECrsEsA_xgaplus.jpghttps://www.martingracephotography.com/m/-/galleries/chile/chilean-birds/-/medias/c375454a-3459-4830-9675-b6cf184714db/pricehttps://www.martingracephotography.com/m/-/galleries/chile/chilean-birds/-/medias/c375454a-3459-4830-9675-b6cf184714db/price
https://d3e1m60ptf1oym.cloudfront.net/44abb355-7a49-477b-b114-d32acb101f7d/CHI_10388_Lesser_%28Darwin_s%29_Rhea_%28Rhea_pennata%29_Estancia_Laguna_Amarga_Patagonia_Chile_November_12_E3CrsA_xgaplus.jpghttps://www.martingracephotography.com/m/-/galleries/chile/chilean-birds/-/medias/44abb355-7a49-477b-b114-d32acb101f7d/pricehttps://www.martingracephotography.com/m/-/galleries/chile/chilean-birds/-/medias/44abb355-7a49-477b-b114-d32acb101f7d/price
https://d3e1m60ptf1oym.cloudfront.net/aa09f7e7-2157-49cc-b30d-da61e4f96150/CHI_10098_Southern_Crested_Caracara_%28Caracara_plancus%29_Patagonia_Chile_November_11_CrsEA_xgaplus.jpghttps://www.martingracephotography.com/m/-/galleries/chile/chilean-birds/-/medias/aa09f7e7-2157-49cc-b30d-da61e4f96150/pricehttps://www.martingracephotography.com/m/-/galleries/chile/chilean-birds/-/medias/aa09f7e7-2157-49cc-b30d-da61e4f96150/price