Screamers

The screamers are three South American bird species placed in family Anhimidae. They were thought to be related to the Galliformes because of similar bills, but are more closely related to the family Anatidae, i.e. ducks and allies, and the magpie goose, within the clade Anseriformes.

Espécies desta família

• anhuma Anhima cornuta
• northern screamer Chauna chavaria
• tachã Chauna torquata