NOUN
- larger of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found from Brazil to Patagonia
How To Use Rhea americana In A Sentence
- Some of the most distinctive birds in the hotspot include two very large species, the rhea (Rhea americana) and the red-legged seriema (Cariama cristata), neither of which are endemic. Biological diversity in the Cerrado
- Bird surveys have recorded 306 species, including black-hawk eagle Spizaetus tyrannus, ocellated crake Micropygia schomburgii, greater rhea Rhea americana, Brazilian merganser Mergus octocetaceus (CR) and dwarf tinamu Taoniscus nanus (VU). Cerrado Protected Areas, Brazil