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Male Lesser (Darwin's) Rhea (Pterocnemia pennata), Patagonia, 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_5243_Lesser_or_Darwin's_Rhea_Male_(Pterocnemia_pennata)__Torres_del_Paine_NP_RECA
Photo size: 16.0 Mpixels (45.7 MB uncompressed) - 3264x4896 pixels (10.9x16.3 in / 27.6x41.5 cm at 300 ppi)
Photo keywords: biology, bird, birds, feather, feathers, flight, flightless, Martin Grace, ornithology, pennata, Pterocnemia, rhea, Rheidae, wing, wings, zoology
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