Rheiformes

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Rheiformes is an order of large, flightless birds native to South America, commonly known as rheas and related to ostriches and emus.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Rheiformes canonical 9

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf order of birds ⓘ
taxon ⓘ
bodySize large ⓘ
clade Palaeognathae ⓘ
cladeMembership ratites ⓘ
class Aves ⓘ
commonName rheas ⓘ
conservationConcern some species near threatened or vulnerable ⓘ
containsTaxon Pterocnemia ⓘ
Rhea ⓘ
describedAs large flightless ratites ⓘ
diet herbivorous ⓘ
omnivorous ⓘ
distribution Argentina ⓘ
Bolivia ⓘ
Brazil ⓘ
Chile ⓘ
Paraguay ⓘ
Uruguay ⓘ
ecologicalRole large herbivore and seed disperser ⓘ
eggType large eggs ⓘ
featherType soft loose plumage ⓘ
flightCapability flightless ⓘ
habitat grasslands ⓘ
open shrublands ⓘ
savannas ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
limbType long legs ⓘ
locomotion cursorial ⓘ
maximumSpeed up to about 60 km/h ⓘ
nativeTo South America ⓘ
neckType long neck ⓘ
orderRank order ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
recognizedSpeciesCount few living species ⓘ
relatedTo Apterygiformes ⓘ
Casuariiformes ⓘ
Struthioniformes ⓘ
linked to: Palaeognathae

Tinamiformes ⓘ
reproductiveBehavior male incubates eggs ⓘ
reproductiveStrategy polygamous ⓘ
sexualDimorphism present ⓘ
skeletalFeature strong legs adapted for running ⓘ
skeletonCharacteristic reduced keel on sternum ⓘ
superorder Palaeognathae ⓘ
typeGenus Rhea ⓘ
vernacularName rheas ⓘ
wingUse used for balance while running ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aves → hasSubgroup → Rheiformes ⓘ
lesser rhea → order → Rheiformes ⓘ
Casuariiformes → relatedTo → Rheiformes ⓘ
Apterygiformes → relatedTo → Rheiformes ⓘ
Palaeognathae → includes → Rheiformes ⓘ
Rhea → order → Rheiformes ⓘ
Rhea pennata → order → Rheiformes ⓘ
Pterocnemia → order → Rheiformes ⓘ
Struthioniformes → relatedTo → Rheiformes ⓘ