#1161 · 🐦 birds
Greater Rhea
🇳🇱 Nandoe ·Rhea americana
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Martin Arregui · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Guillermo Menéndez · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Thorsten Stegmann · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 4. © Guillermo Menéndez · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Lilian Tomazelli · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © Adrian Antunez · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. © Leonardo Adrián LEIVA · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. © David Martin · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © Matías Zarucki · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. © Robin Gwen Agarwal · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The greater rhea ( Rhea americana ) is a species of flightless bird native to eastern South America. Other names for the greater rhea include the grey , common , or American rhea ; ñandú (Guaraní and Spanish); or ema (Portuguese). One of two species in the genus Rhea , in the family Rheidae, the greater rhea is native to Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. It inhabits a variety of open areas, such as grasslands, savanna or grassy wetlands. Weighing 20–27...
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 5,307 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Weighs only about 600 g.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Greater Rhea
- Nederlands
- Nandoe
- scientific name
- Rhea americana
- class
- Aves
- order
- Rheiformes
- family
- Rheidae
- IUCN Red List
- NT · near threatened
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 117
- sightings worldwide
- 5,307
- GBIF records in NL
- 38
- weight
- 600 g
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
IUCN in Dutch: gevoelig. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 20512, Wikidata Q192044, GBIF 2495165, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.