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Red-legged Seriema

Cariama cristata
(Linnaeus, C, 1766)
Chuña Patas Rojas
Seriema
Family: Cariamidae
Order: Cariamiformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Conservation Status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern
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Synonyms: Palamedea cristata.


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Number of Photography: 292

Foto
Photography ID: 671414
  Adult
São Roque de Minas
Minas Gerais
Brazil
10/15/2019
Ramon Moller Jensen
Foto
Photography ID: 663447
  Adult
Rosario de la Frontera
Salta
Argentina
11/17/2025
Federico J. Villegas
Foto
Photography ID: 662288
♂ ♀  Adult
Sierras de Guasayán
Santiago del Estero
Argentina
12/08/2025
Jose Luis Navarro
Foto
Photography ID: 658319
  Adult
Chapada dos Guimaraes
Mato Grosso
Brazil
09/17/2025
Manuel Godoy
Foto
Photography ID: 657702
  Adult
Ruta 5
Salta
Argentina
10/19/2025
Martín Lépez
Foto
Photography ID: 656512
 Gobernador Virasoro
Corrientes
Argentina
10/11/2025
Diego Oscar
Foto
Photography ID: 652395
  Adult
Bajo Hondo
Lavalleja
Uruguay
09/14/2025
Àlvaro Riccetto Revello
Foto
Photography ID: 652230
  Adult
Villa Sara, Ruta 8
Lavalleja
Uruguay
09/03/2025
Alejandra Pons



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Number of Recorded Vocalizations: 5



Audio playerUserDateCountryProvincePlaceSexLife stageIt was observedDetails
Hugo Caverzasi06/17/2024BrazilSanta CatarinaEco Pousada Rio dos Touros, Urupema, Sc, BrasilN/AN/AYesNo
Gustavo Peretti05/18/2019ArgentinaSaltaEl Ceibal, San LorenzoN/AAdultYesNo
 DownloadJorge La Grotteria01/22/2016BrazilSanta CatarinaEco Pousada Rio dos Touros, UrupemaN/AN/ANoNo
Luis Fernandez Campos03/31/2015ArgentinaJujuyLa AlmonaIndistinguishableAdultYesNo
 DownloadWalter Liriel Gómez Umpierrez03/26/2014UruguayRochaSarandiIndistinguishableAdultNoNo


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Number of Films: 9





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Number of Records: 785



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
242830730/01/202618:10ArgentinaCórdobaRuta S271, Pampa Alta1Pedro Babsia
242242923/01/2026ParaguayConcepciónRuta Campito - San Carlos del Apa, Concepción, Py (7)2Dominic Oviedo Löwen
242241823/01/2026ParaguayConcepciónRuta Campito - San Carlos del Apa, Concepción, Py (6)4Dominic Oviedo Löwen
242236223/01/2026ParaguayConcepciónRuta Campito - San Carlos del Apa, Concepción, Py (2)2Dominic Oviedo Löwen
240669117/12/2025ArgentinaTucumánCascada Los Alisos, Tafí del ValleMaria Belén Dri
240411517/12/2025ArgentinaTucumánCascada Los Alisos, Tafí del ValleDiego Carus
239719308/12/2025ArgentinaSantiago del EsteroAlto Bello, Sierras de GuasayánJose Luis Navarro
239757601/12/2025ParaguaySan PedroAgroforestal Rio verdeDiego Oscar
239499627/11/2025ArgentinaMisionesEstancia Santa Cecilia, Candelaria2Julian Uriel Collado
239247227/11/202506:45ArgentinaMisionesRuta Nacional 12Silvina Collado
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Red-legged Seriema (Cariama cristata) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 10/03/2026.