Horned Screamer

They are related to the ducks, geese and swans, which are in the family Anatidae, but have bills looking more like those of game birds.

The Horned Screamer is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

Habitat: The horned screamer lives in wetlands of tropical forests such as lakes, swamps, and marshes. It is found at altitudes up to 3,300 feet (1,100 meters). Diet: Horned screamers eat aquatic vegetation. Behavior and reproduction: This bird has a distinctive set of calls that can be heard for miles. It swims or walks on vegetation while feeding, and likes to rest in shrubs and trees rather than on the ground. More

The Horned Screamer (Anhima cornuta) is a member of a small family of birds, the Anhimidae, which occurs in wetlands of tropical South America. There are three screamer species, the other two being the Southern Screamer and the Northern Screamer in the genus Chauna. They are related to the ducks, geese and swans, which are in the family Anatidae, but have bills looking more like those of game birds. More

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The Horned Screamer's call, as its name suggests, is a very loud U-WHO or honking YOIK-YOK. Distribution, habitat and behavior - The Horned Screamer is found in lowlands from Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Suriname, French Guiana, and Guyana. It is now extinct in Trinidad and Tobago. Despite having declined locally, it remains widespread and is overall fairly common. Its range in Brazil appears to have expanded in recent years. More

horned screamer (Anhima cornuta) is the largest of the family. It is distinguished by a 3- to 4-in. (8- to 10-cm) hornlike projection on its forehead and by two sharp wing spurs. A creature of the wetlands and tropical rain forest, it is found throughout most of South America. The slightly smaller crested screamer (Chauna torquata) is native to swamps and plains from Brazil to N Argentina. It is distinguished by a short, feathered neck crest. The swan-sized black-necked screamer (C. More

The horned screamer, or kamichi, is Palamedea cornuta. Please contribute to this project, if you have more information about this term feel free to edit this page This page was last modified 21:16, 3 October 2005. This page has been accessed 557 times. What links here | Related changes | Permanent link © Biology-Online.org. All Rights Reserved. More

The horned screamer (Anhima cornuta), of northern South America, has a slender, forward-curving, calcified spike on its forehead. The crested screamer, or chaja (a name that comes from its cry; Chauna torquata), of... More

The horned screamer, or kamichi, is Palamedea cornuta. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Anhima \An"hi*ma\, n. A South American aquatic bird; the horned screamer or kamichi (Palamedea cornuta). See Kamichi. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Search for palamedea cornuta @ Ask Jeeves | Google | MSN | Yahoo Define palamedea cornuta and 150,000 other words at dictionary. More

the Horned Screamer (Anhima cornuta), one of only two species of bird that comprise the family Anhimidae. Aside from the cumbersome body, this vegetarian sports huge feet to help it walk across islands of floating vegetation. There is a long, bony spike protruding from the head, and an additional pair at each shoulder. Although graceful in flight, watching these immense birds struggle to take flight, seeing them walk and observing them uncomfortably perched in palm trees is somehow funny. More

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season, horned screamers live in groups of five to 10 birds, while crested screamers are found in larger flocks that circle above water bodies in the evenings, calling vociferously. Screamers can fly well but slowly, and they may soar for extended periods of time. They swim well and may walk on dense mats of floating vegetation. They roost in trees. They sometimes use the sharp spurs on their wings as weapons in fights connected with pair formation. More

Horned Screamers usually live in pairs in the flooded districts of Brazil and Guyana, particularly close to the sea; they are shy and timid and they have a shrill voice which they use at the slightest alarm; they sometimes perch on the trees; their food consists of seeds, aquatic plants and perhaps of reptiles. They are easily tamed. Extract from the Trousset encyclopedia, 1886 – 1891. More

The Horned Screamer (Anhima cornuta) is a species of bird native to the wetlands of tropical South America. It is found in lowlands from Colombia and Venezuela south to Brazil and eastern Bolivia. It is now extinct in Trinidad. Despite having declined locally, it remains widespread and is overall fairly common. Its range in Brazil appears to have expanded in recent years. They are related to the ducks, geese and swans, but have bills looking more like those of game birds. More

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Horned Screamer, PERU, Manu September 2005 © Colin Bushell - TOUCAN BIRDING TOURS Small group birding tours to The Caribbean, Central & South America Horned Screamer - Horned Screamer, Venezuela, Hato El Cedral 19 Jan 2005 © Colin Bushell - TOUCAN BIRDING TOURS Photo by Len Worthington Horned Screamer - Horned Screamer, Peru, Cocha Blanco 19/08/2006 © Mark Sutton Horned Screamer - More

The horned screamer, or kamichi, is Palamedea cornuta. Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Screamer : \Scream"er\, n. 1. Something so remarkable as to provoke a scream, as of joy. 2. An exclamation mark. Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Screamer : An extension of Common Lisp providing nondeterministic backtracking and constraint programming. ftp://ftp.ai.mit.edu/pub/screamer.tar.z)">(ftp://ftp.ai.mit.edu/pub/screamer.tar.Z). More