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HORNED SCREAMER Anhima cornuta
With a bizarre bony horn on the front of the head this must be one of the oddest species of birds in Paraguay! Known only from a single site in the Mbaracayú Itaipú Reserve in extreme north-eastern Paraguay right next to the city of Salto del Guairá, the species clearly has a small population. Thanks to Nelson Pérez of the Itaipú Dam Company we were able to observe four adults of this remarkable species along with three chicks during September 2010, a sizeable chunk of the entire Paraguayan population! Anhima is the Spanish name given to lost souls, the lamenting voice and black plumage of this remarkable bird making it a fitting scientific name.
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FIGURE 1 - (FPAVE29PH) Adult, Mbaracayú Itaipú Reserve, Departamento Alto Paraná (Paul Smith September 2010).
FIGURE 2 - (FPAVE3350PH) Adult in flight, Rio Piratiy, Departamento Canindeyú (Nelson Pérez February 2012).
VIDEO - (FPAVE30VI) Same individual (Paul Smith September 2010).
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