Rhea (bird) to be growing. The genus name was given in 1752 by Paul Möhring and adopted as the English common name. Möhring named the rhea based on the Greek Titan Rhea, whose name is derived from the Greek "Rhea" () from έρα "ground". This was fitting with the rhea being a flightless ground bird. Depending on the South American region, the rhea is known locally as "ñandú guazu" (Guaraní, meaning big spider, most probably in relation to their habit of opening and lowering alternate wings when they run), "ema" (Portuguese), "suri" (Aymara and Quechua), or "choique" (Mapudungun). "Nandu" is the common
Four Bird Brothers Four Bird Brothers The tale of Four Bird Brothers are folk legend that repeatedly appears in Lee Yeongdo's fantasy novel "The Bird That Drinks Tears" and its sequel "The Bird That Drinks Blood". In the fictional world of the series, according to the legend of "Kitalzer Hunters" there were once four bird brothers who each had taste for different kind of liquids. Sometimes in a form of story and sometimes in a form of riddle, the tale of this four brothers appears repeatedly throughout both "The Bird That Drinks Tears" and "The Bird That Drinks Blood". The tale is told