Northern Screamer

Northern Screamer
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Anseriformes
Family:	Anhimidae
Genus:	Chauna
Species:	C. chavaria
Binomial name
Chauna chavaria Linnaeus, 1766

The Northern Screamer (Chauna chavaria), also known as the Black-necked Screamer, is a large species of bird in the small family Anhimidae, the screamers. It is a resident breeder in northern Colombia, in Chocó, Antioquia, Córdoba, Sucre, Bolívar, Magdalena, Santander, and Cesar Departments and northwestern Venezuela, in Zulia, Mérida, and Trujillo States.^[2] On average, they are 88.9 cm (35 in) long and weigh about 3.9 kg (8.6 lb).

They are Near Threatened.^[1]

Captivity

Not many zoos can show the northern screamer. Most zoos that show them are in Colombia like the Cali Zoo.

Footnotes

1. ^ ^{a b} IUCN (2009)
2. ^ Clements, J. (2007)

References

• Clements, James, (2007) The Clements Checklist of the Birds of the World, Cornell University Press, Ithaca
• IUCN (2009) BirdLife International Chauna chavaria Accessed on 11 May 2009.