Northern Screamer
Chauna chavaria
11.2255, -74.2137
Field Notes
Description:
It is a large species of bird in the small family Anhimidae, the screamers.
They are only native to Colombia and Venezuela. Their sized population in Colombia, suggests a total population of 3,000-5,000. They are listed as Near Threatened due habitat loss owing to drainage of wetlands for cattle and agriculture.
Habitat:
They inhabits lowland marshes, swamps, lagoons, the banks of slow-flowing rivers and seasonally flooded alluvial plains in north Colombia and north-west Venezuela.
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Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedNovember 6, 2011
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