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The northern screamer is 76 to 91 cm (30 to 36 in) long. They are stout bodied with a disproportionately small head and a gray bill. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a gray crown with a long crest, a mostly white face, a wide black band around the neck, and a dark gray body, wings, and tail. Their wing has two sharp spurs at its manus. They have bare red skin around their brown eye and reddish orange legs and feet. Juveniles are similar to adults but drabber. Voice: The northern screamer, like others of its family, is very vocal. Its primary vocalization is a "single, rather high-pitched yelping call...'kleer-a-ruk, cherio'."
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When to see the Northern Screamer
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Northern Screamer
The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Northern Screamer
The northern screamer is a species of bird in family Anhimidae of the waterfowl order Anseriformes. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela.
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