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Rhea (bird)
The rheas are large ratites (flightless birds without a keel on their sternum bone) in the order ''Rheiformes'', native to South America, related to the ostrich and emu. There are two extant species: the greater or American rhea (''Rhea americana'') and the lesser or Darwin's rhea (''Rhea pennata''). Both are currently rated as near-threatened in their native ranges; a feral population of the greater rhea in Germany appears to be growing.
==Etymology==
The genus name was given in 1752 by Paul Möhring and adopted as the English common name. Möhring named the rhea based on the Greek Titan Rhea, whose name is derived from the Greek ''Rhea'' () from έρα "ground". This was fitting, the rhea being a flightless ground bird. Depending on the South American region, the rhea is known locally as ''ñandú guazu'' (Guaraní, meaning big spider, most probably in relation to their habit of opening and lowering alternate wings when they run), ''ema'' (Portuguese), ''suri'' (Aymara and Quechua), or ''choique'' (Mapudungun). Nandu is the common name in many European languages.
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