Horned Screamer

Horned screamers bird ( Anhima cornuta )

The horned screamers bird ( Anhima cornuta ) is a species of the family of Screamers, which is among the closest relatives of ducks. He is the only member of the genus of horned screamers ( Anhima ).

The horned screamers bird is a large, chicken -like bird acting with fairly high legs. He reached out to grow a body length of 84 inches and weigh between two and three kilograms. He is the largest of the three military birds species. The body plumage is black and white with a narrow, up to ten centimeters long extension that points from the forehead up front.

To the similarity with chicken birds contributes mainly to the head, ending in a beak as it is often found in this family. Between his long toes are webbed only suggested, due to the similarities in the muscular system and the bone structure this type is placed in the vicinity of the ducks.

The horned screamers bird is a state bird of tropical South America and comes from Colombia to Brazil to northern Argentina before. He often graze on land. The female lays four to six eggs in a nest on the ground. The chicks hatch after six weeks.