Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Seriemas :: Red-legged Seriema

Red-legged Seriema Cariama cristata

Described by: Linnaeus (1766)
Alternate common name(s): Crested Seriema
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Vila Bela de Santíssima Trindade, Mato Grosso, Brazil - Mar, 2003 © Arthur Grosset  Brazil - Aug 19, 2007 © Jean-Philippe Paris  Chapada dos Guimarães, Mato Grosso, Brazil - Jun, 2006 © Lou Hegedus  Paraguay River, Mato Grosso, Brazil - Jun, 2006 © Lou Hegedus  Chapada, Brazil - Sep, 2004 © Tom Stephenson 
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Range

E. c. tropical South America;
C. Brazil (w. and c. Bahia, Chapada Diamantina), Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay (Banados del Este) and nw. Argentina s. to San Luis, La Pampa, n. Santa Fe and Entre Rios.

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Ministerio do Meio Ambiente

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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