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Rhea

genus of birds, ratites
Taxon Taxon Q19171

Facts

15 properties
Instance of
taxon
Described by source
New Encyclopedic Dictionary, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9][10][11][12]
Egg incubation period
+6[18]
Endemic to
South America[5]
Has characteristic
oviparity[13]
Litter size
+27.5[17]
Means of locomotion
bipedalism[15]
Named after
Rhea[3]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[16]
Parent taxon
Rheidae[4]
Start time
-126000-00-00T00:00:00Z[8]
Taxon name
Rhea[6]
Taxon rank
genus[2]
Temporal range start
Pleistocene[7]
This taxon is source of
rhea egg[14]
🏷️ Also known as
en Rhea ar روحاء ar الريفورمات ar ريا (طائر) ar الريا cs nandu da Nanduer de Rhea de Nandus de Rheidae el Ρέα fa رئا (پرنده) fi nandut fr nandou he ריה he ננדו it nandù ja レア ko 레아 ms Burung Rhea
🔖 Identifiers · 32
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh92001446
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
RheaamericanaHahn.JPG ↗
ADW taxon ID
Rhea
Australian Educational Vocabulary ID
scot/2535
BBC Things ID
d1fc4d64-45f6-4276-8b8e-efa60468ee85
BOLD Systems taxon ID
4614
Catalogue of Life ID
78GM
EPPO Code
1RHEAG
Encyclopedia of Life ID
28487
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
plant/rhea-plant
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
nandou
Fossilworks taxon ID
83729
Show all 32 identifiers +20
Freebase ID
/m/025tplb
GBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)
2495164
INaturalist taxon ID
20511
ITIS TSN
174378
Interlingual Index ID
i43248
J9U entity ID
987007551589105171
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
rheas
KBpedia ID
Rhea
Lex ID
nanduer
NBIC scientific name ID
174112
NBN System Key
NHMSYS0020930434
NCBI taxonomy ID
8796
National Library of Latvia ID
000324701
Open Tree of Life ID
857863
Paleobiology Database taxon ID
83729
Topic's main category
Category:Rhea (genus)
UK Parliament thesaurus ID
12497
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["FoodType", "Rhea"]
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
01523838-n
Yale LUX ID
concept/b2b110bd-799a-49eb-935d-8028f0055d66

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🔗 Connections
← Parent taxon 3
Greater rhea, Lesser Rhea, Rhea tarapacensis
Described by source 1
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Endemic to 1
South America
Has characteristic 1
oviparity
Instance of 1
taxon
Means of locomotion 1
bipedalism
Named after 1
Rhea
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
Parent taxon 1
Rheidae
Taxon rank 1
genus
Topic's main category 1
Category:Rhea (genus)
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Rhea (genus)
← Main food source 1
cougar
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Summary

Rhea is a taxon[1].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Interlingual Index ID → i43248
    WordNet 3.1 Synset ID → 01523838-n
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #47825: OENN batch"
  2. 24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Litter size → {'amount': '+27.5'}
    Named after → Rhea
    Topic's main category → Category:Rhea (genus)
    Egg incubation period → {'unit': 'Q23387', 'amount': '+6'}
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim qualifiers: J9U entity ID: 987007551589105171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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