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Black-legged Seriema
Chunga burmeisteri (Hartlaub, KJG 1860)
The black-legged seriema is one of two living species of seriemas in the family Cariamidae. It is found from southeastern Bolivia and northern Paraguay south into north-central Argentina. It is a large, mostly grey bird with a long neck, a long tail, and long, slender black legs. Its belly, vent and thighs are yellowish-white. The sexes look similar, as do immature birds, though the latter are more patterned on head, neck and back. First described for science by Gustav Hartlaub in 1860, it is monotypic, with no subspecies. Like its red-legged cousin, it is an omnivore. It seldom flies, instead pursuing prey and eluding danger on foot. Its loud calls, said to sound like kookaburras, turkeys or yelping dogs, are often given in duet. Little is known about its breeding ecology. It is known to breed in November and December, building a platform nest of sticks and laying two white eggs, which are sometimes marked with a few brownish or purple spots. The International Union for Conservation of Nature rates the species as one of least concern, due to its large range and apparently stable numbers. Source: Wikipedia
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Cariamiformes
Family:
Cariamidae
Genus:
Chunga
Scientific:
Chunga burmeisteri
Classification
Order:Cariamiformes
Family:
Cariamidae
Genus:
Chunga
Scientific:
Chunga burmeisteri
Original description
Citation:
(Hartlaub, KJG 1860)
Reference:
Proc. Zool. Soc. London
pt.28, no.2 p.335
Imprint year:
1860
Protonym:
Dicholophus burmeisteri
Type locality:
Provinces of Tucumán and Catamarca, Argentina.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/46225#page/421/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
AC53C0E28BB06771
Avibase ID:
avibase-AC53C0E2
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/AC53C0E2
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 176415
Geographic range:
- Chunga burmeisteri: Chaco of Paraguay and adjacent Bolivia to central Argentina
Source: Clements checklist
Black-legged Seriema
Afrikaans:
Swartbeenseriema
Azerbaijani:
qaraayaq seriem
Bulgarian:
Малка кариама
Catalan:
Seriema de Burmeister
Czech:
seriema černozobá
Danish:
Chunga
German:
Schwarzfußseriema
Esperanto:
nigrakrura kariamo
Spanish:
Chuña Patinegra
Spanish (Spain):
Chuña Patinegra
Estonian:
väikeserieema
Finnish:
pensaskäärmekurki
French:
Cariama de Burmeister
Croatian:
mala karijama
Hungarian:
feketelábú kígyászdaru
Italian:
Seriema zampenere
Japanese (romaji):
haiironoganmodoki
Japanese:
ハイイロノガンモドキ
Lithuanian:
Argentininė kariama
Dutch:
Burmeisters Seriema
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Svartbeinseriema
Norwegian:
Svartbeinseriema
Polish:
kariama czarnonoga
Portuguese:
Seriema-de-pernas-pretas
Portuguese (Portugal):
seriema-de-patas-pretas
Russian:
Черноногая кариама
Slovak:
kariama čiernozobá
Serbian:
Crnonoga serijema
Swedish:
svartbent seriema
Turkish:
Çunga kariyaması
Ukrainian:
Каріама чорнонога
Chinese:
黑腿叫鹤
Chinese (Traditional):
黑腿叫鶴
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Avilist 2025: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Birdlife checklist version 00: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Birdlife checklist version 01: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Birdlife checklist version 02: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Birdlife checklist version 03: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Birdlife checklist version 04: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Cariama de Burmeister ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Cariama de Burmeister ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Clements 1st edition: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Clements, version 2021: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Clements, version 2022: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Clements, version 2023: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Clements, version 2024: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Clements, version 2025: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Clements 3rd edition: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Clements 4th edition: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Clements 6th edition: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Clements, version 2015: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Clements, version 2016: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Clements, version 2017: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Clements, version 2018: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Clements, version 2019: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| eBird version 1.50: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| eBird version 1.52: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| eBird version 1.53: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| eBird version 1.54: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| eBird version 1.55: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| eBird version 2015: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| eBird version 2016: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| eBird version 2017: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| eBird version 2018: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| eBird version 2019: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| eBird version 2021: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| eBird version 2022: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| eBird version 2023: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| eBird version 2024: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| eBird version 2025: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
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| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
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| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
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| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
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| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Morony, Bock and Farrand: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Chunga burmeisteri |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Chunga burmeisteri |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Chunga burmeisteri |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| South American Classification Committee (24/10/2003): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| South American Classification Committee (14/09/2005): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| South American Classification Committee (16/07/2006): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| South American Classification Committee (26/09/2007): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| South American Classification Committee (01/05/2008): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| South American Classification Committee (30/09/2009): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| South American Classification Committee (19/08/2010): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| South American Classification Committee (8/08/2011): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| South American Classification Committee (8/02/2012): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| South American Classification Committee (4/09/2012): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| South American Classification Committee (17/03/2013): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| South American Classification Committee (9/02/2014): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| South American Classification Committee (16/02/2015): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| South American Classification Committee (28/07/2016): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| South American Classification Committee (22/04/2017): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| South American Classification Committee (4/06/2018): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| South American Classification Committee (6/06/2019): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| South American Classification Committee (20/02/2020): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| South American Classification Committee (8/06/2020): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| South American Classification Committee (24/08/2021): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| South American Classification Committee (24/07/2022): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| South American Classification Committee (28/09/2023): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| South American Classification Committee (27/07/2024): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| South American Classification Committee (31/07/2025): Black-legged Seriema ( Chunga burmeisteri) |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Chunga burmeisteri |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Chunga burmeisteri |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Afrikaans: Swartbeenseriema
Azerbaijani: qaraayaq seriem
Bulgarian: Малка кариама
Catalan: Sarià de Burnmeister, Seriema de Burmeister
Czech: Seriema cernozobá, seriema černozobá
Danish: Chunga
German: Schwarzfusseriema, Schwarzfußseriema, Tschunja
English: Black legged Seriema, Black-legged Seriema, Burmeister's Seriema, Lesser Seriema
English (Avilist): Black-legged Seriema
English, HBW: Black-legged Seriema
English (IOC): Black-legged Seriema
English (United States): Black-legged Seriema
Esperanto: nigrakrura kariamo
Spanish: Chuña de Patas Negras, Chuña patas negras, Chuña Patinegra, Saria patas negras
Spanish (Argentine): Chuña patas negras
Spanish (Spain): Chuña Patinegra
Spanish (HBW): Black-legged Seriema
Spanish (Paraguay): Saria patas negras, Saría patas negras
Estonian: väikeserieema
Finnish: Pensaskäärmekurki
French: Cariama de Burmeister
French (Guyane): Cariama de Burmeister
Guarani: Sarîa hû
Croatian: mala karijama
Hungarian: feketelábú kígyászdaru
Italian: Seriema di Burmeister, Seriema zampenere
Japanese (romaji): haiironogammodoki, haiironoganmodoki
Japanese: ハイイロノガンモドキ
Scientific: Chunga burmeisteri, Dicholophus burmeisteri
Lithuanian: Argentininė kariama
Dutch: Burmeisters Seriema, Burmeister-seriema
Norwegian Nynorsk: Svartbeinseriema
Norwegian: Chunga, Svartbeinseriema
Polish: Kariama czarnonoga, kariamka czarnonoga
Portuguese: Seriema-de-pernas-pretas
Portuguese (Portugal): seriema-de-patas-pretas
Russian: Черноногая кариама
Slovak: kariama čiernozobá
Serbian: Crnonoga serijema
Swedish: Svartbent seriema
Turkish: Çunga, Çunga kariyaması
Ukrainian: Каріама чорнонога
Chinese: 黑腿叫鹤
Chinese (Traditional): 黑腿叫鶴
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