Screamers

Southern Screamer

Chauna torquata

The Southern Screamer (Chauna torquata) is a 4.4 kg wetland bird. It stays put all year.

Family

Screamers

Order

Anseriformes

Weight

4.4 kg

Habitat

Wetland

Diet

Plants and seeds

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

5

Recorded in Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Bolivia, Paraguay.

Where to see it: Laguna del Diario (Uruguay); San Miguelito Jaguar Conservation Ranch (Bolivia); Barba Azul Nature Reserve (Bolivia); PN Iberá · Portal Laguna Iberá (Carlos Pellegrini y Laguna Iberá) (Argentina); Reserva Ecológica Costanera Sur (Argentina).

Photo: (c) Leonel Roget, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist