Rhea (family)

Rheidae is a family of flightless ratite birds which first appeared in the Paleocene. It is today represented by the sole living genus Rhea, but also contains several extinct genera.

Taxonomy
Order Rheiformes (Forbes 1884) Furbringer 1888 [Rheimorphae Bonaparte 1849 ; Rheae Forbes 1884 ]
 * Family †Opisthodactylidae Ameghino 1895
 * Genus ?†Diogenornis de Alvarenga 1983
 * †Diogenornis fragilis de Alvarenga 1983 (Late Paleocene) – possibly a member of Casuariiformes instead.
 * Genus †Opisthodactylus Ameghino 1895 (Miocene) – rheid?
 * †O. patagonicus Ameghino 1895
 * †O. horacioperezi Agnolin & Chafrat 2015
 *  Family Rheidae (Bonaparte 1849) Bonaparte 1853 [Rheinae Bonaparte 1849 ]
 * Genus †Protorhea Moreno & Mercerat 1891
 * †Protorhea azarae Moreno & Mercerat 1891
 * Genus †Heterorhea Rovereto 1914
 * †Heterorhea dabbenei Rovereto 1914 (Pliocene)
 * Genus †Hinasuri Tambussi 1995
 * †Hinasuri nehuensis Tambussi 1995
 * Genus Rhea Brisson 1760 [Rhea Moehring 1758 nomen dubium ; Pterocnemia Gray 1870 ; Toujou Lacépède 1801 ; Tujus Rafinesque 1815 ]
 * †R. anchorenense (Ameghino & Rusconi 1932) [Rhea americana anchorenense Ameghino & Rusconi 1932 ]
 * †R. fossilis Moreno & Mercerat 1891 [Pterocnemia fossilis (Moreno & Mercerat 1891) ; Rhea pampeana Moreno & Mercerat 1891 ]
 * †R. mesopotamica (Agnolín & Noriega 2012) [Pterocnemia mesopotamica Agnolín & Noriega 2012 ]
 * †R. subpampeana Moreno & Mercerat 1891
 * R. americana (Linnaeus 1758) [Struthio americanus Linnaeus 1758 ; Struthio camelus americanus (Linnaeus 1758) ; Rhea albescens Lynch & Holmberg 1878 ; Rhea rothschildi Brabourne & Chubb 1911 ; Struthio rhea Linnaeus 1766 ; Rhea nandua Temminck 1823 ; Rhea nandu Lesson 1828 ; Rhea macrorhyncha Sclater 1860 ] (Greater Rhea)
 * R. a. albescens Lynch & Holmberg 1878 [Rhea albescens Lynch & Holmberg 1878 ; Rhea americana rothschildi (Brabourne & Chubb 1919) ; Rhea rothschildi Brabourne & Chubb 1919 ] (Argentine rhea)
 * R. a. americana (Linnaeus 1758) [Struthio camelus americanus (Linnaeus 1758) ; Struthio rhea; Rhea nandua Temminck 1823 ; Rhea nandu Lesson 1828 ; Rhea americana macrorhyncha Sclater ; Rhea macrorhyncha Sclater 1860 ] (American rhea)
 * R. a. araneipes Brodkorb 1938
 * R. a. intermedia Rothschild & Chubb 1914 (intermediate rhea)
 * R. a. nobilis Brodkorb 1939
 * R. pennata d'Orbigny 1834 [Rhea darwinii Gould 1837 ; Pterocnemia pennata (d'Orbigny 1834) ; Pterocnemia darwinii (Gould 1837) ; Rhea nana Lyddekker 1894 ; Struthio darwinii (Gould 1837) ; Pterocnemia tarapacensis Chubb 1913 ] (Lesser Rhea)
 * R. p. pennata d'Orbigny 1834 [Pterocnemia pennata pennata (d'Orbigny 1834) ; Rhea americana darwinii (Gould 1837) ; Pterocnemis darwinii (Gould 1837) ; Pterocnemia darwinii (Gould 1837) ; Struthio darwinii (Gould 1837) ] (Darwin's lesser Rhea)
 * R. p. garleppi (Chubb 1913) [Pterocnemia tarapacensis garleppi Chubb 1913 ; Pterocnemia pennata garleppi (Chubb 1913) ; Rhea tarapacensis garleppi (Chubb 1913) ] (Garlepp's rhea)
 * R. p. tarapacensis (Chubb 1913) [Pterocnemia tarapacensis Chubb 1913 ; Pterocnemia pennata tarapacensis (Chubb 1913) ; Rhea tarapacensis tarapacensis (Chubb 1913); Pterocnemia tarapacensis tarapacensis Chubb 1913 ] (Tarapacá/Puna Rhea)