Seriemas (Cariamidae)
Red-legged Seriema (Cariama cristata) - HBW 3, p. 239
French: Cariama huppé
German: Rotfußseriema
Spanish: Chuña Patirroja
Other common names: Crested Seriema
Taxonomy: Palamedea cristata Linnaeus, 1766, north-eastern Brazil.
Monotypic genus, but could perhaps be merged with Chunga. Proposed races leucofimbria (S Mato Grosso), bicincta (Goiás and Mato Grosso), schistofimbria (N Mato Grosso) and azarae (Paraguay and S Brazil to Argentina) invalid, as based upon individual variants rather than geographical variation. Monotypic.
Distribution: C & E Brazil through E Bolivia and Paraguay to Uruguay and C Argentina.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird singing Locality Serra da Canastra, Minas Gerais State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 28 June 2004 6 years ago 36 sec 4.4 -
A bird running and walking Locality Serra da Canastra, Minas Gerais State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 28 June 2004 6 years ago 35 sec 4.3 -
A bird calling, its mate is heard calling Locality Serra da Canastra, Minas Gerais State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 28 June 2004 6 years ago 15 sec 4.3 -
A bird walking on a field, foraging Locality Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Keith Blomerley 14 September 2005 4 years ago 28 sec 4.2 -
A bird building a nest Locality Santa Cruz Zoo, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 11 September 2005 5 years ago 36 sec 4.2 -
A bird searching for food on the ground Locality Serra da Canastra, Minas Gerais State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 28 June 2004 6 years ago 17 sec 4.2
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A closeup
Locality Tacuarembó Department, Uruguay
Santiago Carvalho 29 September 2009 2 years ago 4.2 -
A bird, perched on a tree.
Locality El Rey National Park, Salta Province, Argentina (Monotypic species)
Carmelo López 26 October 2011 5 weeks ago 4 -
A bird standing on the wall
Locality Passo do Lontra, Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 8 August 2010 12 weeks ago 4 -
Three seriemas running on a dusty road
Locality Chapada dos Veadeiros, Goiás State, Brazil
Tomas Grim 16 July 2009 25 weeks ago 4 -
The socori gives death to a lizard recently captured
Locality Santa Cruz Zoo, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia
Rafael Zamora Padrón 30 October 2009 2 years ago 4 -
A closeup of a perched bird
Locality Blackbrook Zoological Park, Winkhill, Staffordshire, England, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Jonathan Beilby 31 December 2008 2 years ago 4
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Complete duet sequence Locality Dallas Zoo, Dallas, Texas, USA (United States)
pcx 27 May 2011 30 weeks ago 5 -
Duet. Locality Ribeiro Gonçalves, Piauí State, Brazil
(Monotypic species)
Ciro Albano 25 January 2005 2 years ago 4.5
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