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Southern Screamer
Chauna torquata
Least ConcernThe Southern Screamer is a bulky waterbird of marshes, flooded grasslands, lagoons, and wetland edges in southern South America. It has grey plumage, a dark collar at the base of the neck, pinkish legs, and sharp wing spurs used in territorial disputes. Fun fact: Southern Screamers are sometimes kept as guard birds because their calls are extremely loud and far-carrying.
- Family
- Anhimidae
- Group
- Screamers
- Range
- Southern Screamer Range — Wetlands, marshes, and flooded grasslands of southern South America
- Population
- ≈ 100K–1M