Horned Screamer (Anhima cornuta)

DF, Brazil.

 

This is a massive bird, 84–95 cm (33–38 in) long, 3.5 kg (7.7 lbs). They have a long spiny structure projecting forward from the crown. This structure is unique among birds, a cornified structure that is poorly attached to the skull and grows continuously while often breaking at its tip.

 

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Aves

Order: Anseriformes

Family: Anhimidae

Genus: Anhima Brisson, 1760

Species: A. cornuta (Linnaeus, 1766)

Binomial name: Anhima cornuta

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