Kamichi

A curious South American bird Anhima or Palamedea cornuta often domesticated by the natives and kept with poultry which it defends against birds of prey It has a long slender hornlike ornament on its head and two sharp spurs on each wing Although its beak feet and legs resemble those of gallinaceous birds it is related in anatomical characters to the ducks and geese Anseres Called also horned screamer The name is sometimes applied also to the chaja See Chaja and Screamer