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ANHIMIDAE
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Screamers
(2:3)
ANHIMA
Brisson,
1760
F
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Anhima Brisson; type by tautonymy =
Palamedea cornuta
Linnaeus, 1766
Anhima cornuta
(Linnaeus, 1766)
Horned Screamer
v
Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas to S Bolivia, SE Brazil (Paraná) and NE Argentina (N Misiones)
CHAUNA
Illiger,
1811
F
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Parra chavaria
Linnaeus, 1766; type by monotypy
Chauna chavaria
1
(Linnaeus, 1766)
Northern Screamer
i
N Colombia (south to middle Magdalena valley in S BolĂvar) and NW Venezuela (S Maracaibo basin)
Chauna torquata
(Oken, 1816)
Southern Screamer
v
E Bolivia and SC Brazil (Mato Grosso) to C Argentina (La Pampa and Buenos Aires)
1 Considered to form a superspecies with
C. torquata
by Sibley & Monroe (1990) [Sibley, 1990 #3636].
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