Rheidae

 INFORMATION IS FROM WIKIPEDIA, WILL CHANGE SOON. 

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[edit]
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 †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, 1860 ; 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)