Horned Screamer
Anhima cornuta
Aves
RARE
Stats
- Lifespan
- 10-15 yrs
- Size
- Large
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Activity
- Diurnal
- Social
- Pair
- Biome
- Freshwater wetland
- Range
- South America
- Movement
- Flight
- Breeding
- Egg-laying
- Defense
- Spines
- Status
- Rare
About
The horned screamer is a small bird that lives in the wetlands of tropical South America. It has a long, pointed bill that is similar to that of a game bird, and it uses its bill to catch insects and small invertebrates.
Life cycle
- 1.eggA clutch of eggs rests in a down-lined nest near water, covered and warmed by the brooding female.
- 2.hatchlingA downy hatchling follows its mother to the water within hours and feeds itself almost immediately.
- 3.juvenileA juvenile grows its first true feathers, swimming in the family group and learning to dabble or dive.
- 4.adultFully grown with adult plumage.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Anseriformes
- Family
- Anhimidae
- Genus
- Anhima
- Species
- Anhima cornuta