Northern Screamer
Chauna chavaria(Linnaeus, C, 1766)
English (US) Northern Screamer
The Northern Screamer (Chauna chavaria) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Anhimidae (Screamers) in the order Anseriformes.
Range: northern Colombia and northwestern VenezuelaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Chauna chavaria
- Family
- Anhimidae (Screamers)
- Order
- Anseriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Northern Screamer
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Parra Chavaria
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
- Type locality
- lakes near Rio Sinu, south of Cartagena, Colombia.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1] p.260
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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