Order
Anseriformes
Family
Anhimidae
Genus
Anhima
 
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SPECIES

Horned Screamer Anhima cornuta

Natalia Piland
Version: 1.0 — Published July 7, 2010

References

Introduction

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Recommended Citation

Piland, N. (2010). Horned Screamer (Anhima cornuta), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/nb.horscr1.01