anhiman.
The kamichi or horned screamer ( Palamedea cornuta).
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1773 T. Pennant Genera of Birds 43 Palamedea of Linnæus, Anhima and Cariama of Brisson... I call it Screamer, from the violent noise it makes. Only two species.
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth V. 389 A bird..called the Anhima,..a native of Brasil.
1869–73 T. R. Jones Cassell's Bk. Birds IV. 96 The Aniuma or Horned Screamer (Palamedea cornuta) is characterised by a horn upon the brow.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online November 2010).
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