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Horned screamer

Anhima cornuta (Linnaeus, 1766)

LCLeast Concernwaterfowl

The horned screamer (Anhima cornuta) is a species in the family Anhimidae, order Anseriformes. Recorded adults weigh 3.13 kg to 3.15 kg. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Horned screamer (Anhima cornuta)
Photo: Bill Bouton from San Luis Obispo, CA, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the horned screamer

Weight
3.15 kgsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Wingspan
1.7 msrc for Wingspan
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Herbivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
wetlandsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
47 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
3.9 – 4src for Young per litter or clutch
Litters or clutches a year
1src for Litters or clutches a year
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the horned screamer?

HORNED SCREAMER · WINGSPAN 1.7 MADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 1.7 m, the recorded maximum wingspan of the horned screamer is close to the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Photos of the horned screamer

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Horned screamer (Anhima cornuta)
Vincent Vos Bolivia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Horned screamer (Anhima cornuta)
own work ( User:Christoph2007 ) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Where does the horned screamer live?

Not recorded

What is the horned screamer?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The horned screamer (Anhima cornuta) is a species of waterfowl that belongs to a relatively small family, 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 ducks, geese and swans, which are in the family Anatidae, but have bills looking more like those of Galliformes.

From the Wikipedia article “Horned screamer” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Horned_screamer&oldid=1384587726), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

What does the horned screamer sound like?

Djino · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Is the horned screamer endangered?

The horned screamer is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the horned screamer classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderAnseriformes
  5. familyAnhimidae
  6. genusAnhima
  7. SpeciesAnhima cornuta (Linnaeus, 1766)

Synonyms Anhinga cornuta, Palamedea cornuta

Other names and names in other languages (48)
  • صياح ذو القرنArabic
  • Рогата паламедеяBulgarian
  • Xahà banyutCatalan
  • txajà banyutCatalan
  • kamiš růžkatýCzech
  • sgrechwr corniogWelsh
  • AnhimaDanish
  • HornwehrvogelGerman
  • korna kriuloEsperanto
  • ArucoSpanish
  • Buitre de CiénagaSpanish
  • CamungoSpanish
  • CanclónSpanish
  • Chajá añumaSpanish
  • Chajá cornudoSpanish
  • Chajá realSpanish
  • Gritador UnicornioSpanish
  • sarvik-ogatiib (sarvik-tšahha)Estonian
  • فریادکش شاخدارPersian
  • sarviromiskoFinnish
  • Kamichi cornuFrench
  • AñumaGuarani
  • קמיקי מקריןHebrew
  • rogati pastirašCroatian
  • egyszarvú csájaHungarian
  • HornögldIcelandic
  • Kaimichi cornutoItalian
  • ツノサケビドリJapanese
  • 뿔떠들썩오리Korean
  • Raguotoji palamedėjaLithuanian
  • raguotoji pelamedėjaLithuanian
  • Zéézhinii bitsiiʼ łizhinígííNavajo
  • AnioemaDutch
  • horngjeterfuglNorwegian
  • skrzydłoszpon rogatyPolish
  • اچا چیکنا پنچھیWestern Panjabi
  • anhumaPortuguese
  • anhuma-cornudaPortuguese
  • Anhima cu cornRomanian
  • Рогатая паламедеяRussian
  • anhima rohatáSlovak
  • Rogata kreštalicaSerbian
  • hornvärnfågelSwedish
  • Boynuzlu FigankazıTurkish
  • Tepelikli Güney Amerikalı KazsıTurkish
  • паламедеяUkrainian
  • 角叫鴨Chinese
  • 角叫鸭Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the horned screamer

Other species in the same family Anhimidae.

CompareHorned screamer vs Southern screamerHorned screamer vs Northern screamerHorned screamer vs Chainkanas koshon

Common questions

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How big is the horned screamer?

An adult horned screamer weighs 3.15 kg and has a wingspan of 1.7 m, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the horned screamer endangered?

The horned screamer is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the horned screamer?

The horned screamer (Anhima cornuta) belongs to the family Anhimidae in the order Anseriformes.

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BibTeX
@misc{horned_screamer_2026,
  title = {Horned screamer (Anhima cornuta)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/horned-screamer},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}