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Chauna chavaria
It is a large species of bird in the small family Anhimidae, the screamers. They are only native to Colombia and Venezuela. Their sized population in Colombia, suggests a total population of 3,000-5,000. They are listed as Near Threatened due habitat loss owing to drainage of wetlands for cattle and agriculture.
They inhabits lowland marshes, swamps, lagoons, the banks of slow-flowing rivers and seasonally flooded alluvial plains in north Colombia and north-west Venezuela.
Spotted on Oct 30, 2011
Submitted on Nov 6, 2011
5 Comments
Lovely bird.
What solid red legs ! Quite a wingspan. i just love to see it gliding over the water.
Beautiful!
Thank you, Dan! I tried my best, lucky it was a big bird, if it was a small I probably couldn't focus haha
Great shot in flight!