Southern screamer
Chauna torquata (Oken, 1816)
The southern screamer (Chauna torquata) is a species in the family Anhimidae, order Anseriformes. Recorded adults weigh 3.45 kg to 4.4 kg. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
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Quick facts about the southern screamer
- Weight
- 3.45 kg – 4.4 kgsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Herbivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- wetlandsrc for Habitat
- Egg incubation
- 44 dayssrc for Egg incubation
- Young per litter or clutch
- 3.9 – 4src for Young per litter or clutch
- Age at maturity
- 2.49 yearssrc for Age at maturity
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the southern screamer live?
Not recorded
What is the southern screamer?
The southern screamer (Chauna torquata) is a species of bird in family Anhimidae of the waterfowl order Anseriformes. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay.
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Is the southern screamer endangered?
The southern screamer is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.
How is the southern screamer classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderAnseriformes
- familyAnhimidae
- genusChauna
- SpeciesChauna torquata (Oken, 1816)
Synonyms Chaja torquata, Chauna salvadorii, Palamedea cristata, Palamedia cristata
Other names and names in other languages (44)
- Crested screamerEnglish
- صياح جنوبيArabic
- txajà emplomallatCatalan
- čája obojkováCzech
- sgrechwr cribogWelsh
- Sorthalset ChajaDanish
- HalsbandwehrvogelGerman
- Halsband-WehrvogelGerman
- suda kriuloEsperanto
- ChajáSpanish
- Chajá comúnSpanish
- Gritador ChajáSpanish
- kaelus-ogatiib (kaelustšahha)Estonian
- töyhtöromiskoFinnish
- Kamichi à collierFrench
- Tachá de pescozo negroGalician
- ChahâGuarani
- ogrličasti pastirašCroatian
- örvös csájaHungarian
- SkúfögldIcelandic
- Kaimichi meridionaleItalian
- カンムリサケビドリJapanese
- 관머리떠들썩오리Korean
- kuoduotoji pelamedėjaLithuanian
- KuifhoenderkoetDutch
- Gekuifde hoenderkoetDutch
- kragegjeterfuglNorwegian
- skrzydłoszpon obrożnyPolish
- tachãPortuguese
- anhuma-do-sulPortuguese
- tachã-cinzentaPortuguese
- TarrãPortuguese
- ЧайяRussian
- Ошейниковая паламедеяRussian
- Хохлатая паламедеяRussian
- čaja obojkováSlovak
- čopasta čajaSlovenian
- Južna kreštalicaSerbian
- tofsvärnfågelSwedish
- Kolyeli FigankazıTurkish
- Güney Amerikalı KazsıTurkish
- чайя аргентинськаUkrainian
- 冠叫鸭Chinese
- 冠叫鴨〔南方叫鴨〕Chinese
Relatives of the southern screamer
Other species in the same genus Chauna.
Northern screamer
Chauna chavaria
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the southern screamer?
An adult southern screamer weighs 3.45 kg – 4.4 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the southern screamer endangered?
The southern 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 southern screamer?
The southern screamer (Chauna torquata) belongs to the family Anhimidae in the order Anseriformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
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