Pterocnemia pennata

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Noun1.Pterocnemia pennata - smaller of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toedPterocnemia pennata - smaller of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found from Peru to Strait of Magellan
nandu, rhea
flightless bird, ratite, ratite bird - flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches; cassowaries; emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds
genus Pterocnemia, Pterocnemia - a genus of birds of the family Rheidae
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Avifauna de Tacna en la ruta del censo de suri Pterocnemia pennata. INRENA.
Solapamiento de la dieta de Passer domesticus y Zonotrichia capensis en un agroecosis tema de la costa central del Peru
Cannon ME, Carpenter R, Ackerman RA (1986) Synchronous hatching and oxygen consumption of Darwin's rhea eggs (Pterocnemia pennata).
Locusta migratoria (Orthoptera: Acrididae) embryos monitor neighboring eggs for hatching synchrony
Rhea americana is one of two rhea species, which also includes the lesser or Darwin rhea (Pterocnemia pennata) and both species are native to South America (Huchzermeyer, 2000).
Hematological, morphological and morphometric characteristics of blood cells from rhea, Rhea Americana (Struthioniformes: Rheidae): a standard for Brazilian birds/Caracteristicas hematologicas, morfologicas e morfometricas de celulas sanguineas de emas, Rhea americana (Struthioniformes: Rheidae):um padrao para aves brasileiras
El raquis de una pluma de suri local (Pterocnemia pennata) en capa 2(9) es similar a aquellos en los faldellines asociados a restos humanos en Pena de las Trampas 1.1 (Martinez 2012).
Continuidades e hiatos ocupacionales durante el holoceno medio en el borde oriental de la puna salada, Antofagasta de la Sierra, Argentina
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