Gooselike aquatic bird of South America having a harsh trumpeting call.
Any South American marsh-dwelling bird of the family Anhimidae; there are only three species, all in the genus Anhima. They are about 80 cm/30 in long, with short curved beaks, long toes, dark plumage, spurs on the fronts of the wings, and a crest or horn on the head.
Screamers wade in wet forests and marshes, although their feet are scarcely webbed. They are related to ducks and are placed in the same order, the Anseriformes.

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