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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

Synonyms: Palamedea cristata.


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Last published photographs

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
Foto
Photography ID: 612115
  Adult
Cuchilla de Laureles
Tacuarembo
Uruguay
11/25/2024
Alejandra Pons
Foto
Photography ID: 555799
  Adult
Ruta 8
Treinta y Tres
Uruguay
10/13/2023
Mauricio Silvera
Foto
Photography ID: 454126
  Adult
Estrada da Divisa
Rivera
Uruguay
07/16/2021
Guillermo Menéndez
Foto
Photography ID: 408340
  Adult
Ruta 5
Tacuarembo
Uruguay
06/19/2020
Guillermo Menéndez
Foto
Photography ID: 316853
  Adult
Campo
Tacuarembo
Uruguay
01/20/2019
Victor Hugo Michelini
Foto
Photography ID: 308290
  Adult
Arroyo barra
Treinta y Tres
Uruguay
12/31/2018
Luis Mier
Foto
Photography ID: 271002
  Adult
Arroyo Tres Cruces
Tacuarembo
Uruguay
06/17/2018
Adrian Antunez
Foto
Photography ID: 255627
  Adult
Ruta 8
Cerro Largo
Uruguay
03/20/2018
Alicia Miller
Foto
Photography ID: 255569
  Adult
Ruta 8
Cerro Largo
Uruguay
03/20/2018
Julián Tocce
Foto
Photography ID: 181437
  Adult
Piriápolis
Maldonado
Uruguay
08/18/2015
Germán Gil



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Last Vocalizations published



Audio playerUserDateCountryProvincePlaceSexLife stageIt was observedDetails
 DownloadWalter Liriel Gómez Umpierrez03/26/2014UruguayRochaSarandiIndistinguishableAdultNoNo



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 Reports


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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
237152204/10/2025UruguayTacuaremboEstablecimiento Bichadero, Cuchilla de Laureles, Tacuarembó2Gabriel Carbajales
237144703/10/2025UruguayTacuaremboPaso del cerro2Gabriel Carbajales
236098614/09/2025UruguayLavallejaBajo HondoÀlvaro Riccetto Revello
235901403/09/2025UruguayLavallejaVilla Sara, Ruta 8Alejandra Pons
220413525/11/2024UruguayTacuaremboCuchilla de LaurelesAlejandra Pons
191141113/10/2023UruguayTreinta y TresRuta 8Mauricio Silvera
142908316/07/2021UruguayRiveraEstrada da DivisaGuillermo Menéndez
128116319/06/2020UruguayTacuaremboEntrada a Piedra Sola, Ruta 5Guillermo Menéndez
88632520/01/2019UruguayTacuaremboCampoVictor Hugo Michelini
86214731/12/2018UruguayTreinta y TresArroyo barra Luis Mier
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Red-legged Seriema (Cariama cristata) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 11/04/2026.