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Horned Screamer
Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist

Ducks & screamers

Horned Screamer

Anhima cornuta (Linnaeus, 1766)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishHorned Screamer
DutchAnioema
SpanishAruco
Chinese角叫鸭
Scientific nameAnhima cornuta (Linnaeus, 1766)

About this species

The horned screamer (Anhima cornuta) is a species of waterfowl that belongs to a relatively small family, the Anhimidae, which occurs in wetlands of tropical South America. There are three screamer species, the other two being the southern screamer and the northern screamer in the genus Chauna. They are related to ducks, geese and swans, which are in the family Anatidae, but have bills looking more like those of Galliformes.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderAnseriformes
FamilyAnhimidae
GenusAnhima

In Suriname

1Records in Suriname
1952First record

Where it has been recorded

  • Marowijne1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Sources & credits

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