---
title: "Northern Screamer"
description: "Chauna chavaria — Birds. The northern screamer (Chauna chavaria) is a species of bird in family Anhimidae of the waterfowl order Anseriformes."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/northern-screamer
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Northern Screamer

> Chauna chavaria — Birds. The northern screamer (Chauna chavaria) is a species of bird in family Anhimidae of the waterfowl order Anseriformes.

- Scientific name: *Chauna chavaria*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lakes & rivers)
- iNaturalist observations: 822
- Wikidata: [Q997306](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q997306)
- iNaturalist taxon: [6911](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/6911)

## Names

- en: Northern Screamer
- de: Weißwangen-Wehrvogel
- es: Chavarrí
- fr: Kamichi chavaria
- nl: Witwanghoenderkoet
- pt: Tachã-do-norte
- pl: Skrzydłoszpon czarnoszyi

## Countries with the most observations

CO (725), VE (3)

## Summary

The northern screamer (Chauna chavaria) is a species of bird in family Anhimidae of the waterfowl order Anseriformes. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_screamer

## Photo

![Northern Screamer](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/northern-screamer/medium.jpg)

Photo: Chrissy McClarren and Andy Reago · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/203433246

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/northern-screamer?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).