#anhima

Horned Screamer (Anhima cornuta), family Anhimidae, order Anseriformes, Colombia

Mainly herbivorous waterfowl, in the same order as ducks and geese, but in a different family.

Screamers prefer to walk/wade through their habitats, instead of swimming. They can swim, but are not as proficient as ducks and geese.

Obviously, the call is a loud scream like noise.

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Name: Anhima cornuta

Status: Extant

First Described: 1760

Described By: Linnaeus 

Classification: Dinosauria, Saurischia, Eusaurischia, Theropoda, Neotheropoda, Averostra, Tetanurae, Orionides, Avetheropoda, Coelurosauria, Tyrannoraptora, Maniraptoriformes, Maniraptora, Pennaraptora, Paraves, Eumaniraptora, Averaptora, Avialae, Euavialae, Avebrevicauda, Pygostylia, Ornithothoraces, Euornithes, Ornithuromorpha, Ornithurae, Neornithes, Neognathae, Galloanserae, Anseriformes, Anhimae, Anhimidae

The Horned Screamer is our first Screamer - a group of very weird birds that for a while were actually thought to be more closely related to chickens than to ducks! However, it turns out that they are close relatives of ducks and geese - potentially most closely related to the Magpie Goose, but that’s under some debate. They are weird compared to other Anseriformes for a few reasons - they lack specialized structures in the ribs, they don’t have penises, and their skin actually has bubbles of air in it, so when you press on the skin (don’t press on a Screamer’s skin) it makes a crackling sound. Large birds, they have spurs on their wings to fight over mates, and they live in open areas and marshes and feed mainly on water plants. Their young are precocial, and they get their name from their excessively loud screams they make when they see new things, or threatening things. The Horned Screamer specifically is huge, about 84 to 95 centimeters in size, with a chicken-like beak. They’re black with some white speckles on their feathers and they have a spiny on the head - hence their name, Horned Screamer. They are mainly known from Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Suriname, French Guiana, and Guyana, and is not threatened with extinction at this time. They lay about three eggs at a time on floating vegetation in shallow water, which is anchored to the shore. 

Sources: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screamer 

Horned Screamer (Anhima cornuta), family Anhimidae, order Anseriformes, found in central and northern South America

Mainly herbivorous waterfowl, in the same order as ducks and geese, but in a different family.

Screamers prefer to walk/wade through their habitats, instead of swimming. They can swim, but are not as proficient as ducks and geese.

Anhima Kuşları Hakkında Bilgi

, Anseriformes takımının Anhimidaefamilyasından, Güney Amerika’da yaşayan üç tür su kuşunun ortak adı. Çok uzaklardan duyulabilen, çığlığa benzer ötüşleriyle tanınan anhimalar, 75 santimetre yüksekliğinde iri kuşlardır; bataklıklarda yaşar, yuvalarını sazdan yapar ve su bitkileriyle beslenirler. Çok yükseklerde saatlerce süzülerek uçabilen bu kuşlar, koyu renk tüyleri, boyunlarındaki halkaları,…