SCREAMERS   -   ANHIMIDAE

Horned Screamer Anhima cornuta Finca Vuelta Larga, Guaraunos, Sucre state, Venezuela. Screamers are definitely wierd. They are huge, clumsy-looking birds, that seem more like geese than anything else. Yet despite their ungainly appearance, they fly well and like to perch on treetops. Their loud, hooting songs are are some of the strangest sounds in South America. (D3)

Southern Screamer Chauna torquata Caiman Lodge, Mato Grosso de Sul state, Brazil. Check out those legs and feet! Despite their mass (3+ kg), their enormous feet and toes allow them to walk on floating vegetation without sinking through. This species is found widely in wetlands of southern South America, such as the Pantanal. (D3)

Southern Screamer Chauna torquata Transpantanal Highway, Mato Grosso state, Brazil. (D3)

Northern Screamer Chauna chavaria A few km west of Puerto Pinzón, Boyacá department, Colombia. This is the the most localized of the three species of screamer, found only in NE Colombia and far W Venezuela. (D3)

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