Stats

Lifespan

10-15 yrs

Size

Large

Diet

Omnivore

Activity

Diurnal

Social

Flock

Biome

Temperate grassland

Range

South America

Movement

Running

Breeding

Egg-laying

Defense

Speed

Status

Near Threatened

About

The Greater Rhea is the largest bird native to the Americas, weighing between 44 and 60 pounds. It is also the largest bird in South America, with a life expectancy of 10.5 years.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   egg

   A clutch of eggs is incubated in the nest, kept warm by a brooding parent until the chicks pip free.
2. 2.
   hatchling

   A naked or downy hatchling is fed in the nest by its parents.
3. 3.
   juvenile

   A feathered juvenile fledges from the nest and learns to fly and forage.
4. 4.
   adult

   Fully grown with adult plumage.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Aves

Order

Rheiformes

Family

Rheidae

Genus

Rhea

Species

Rhea americana