Red-legged Seriema
Cariama cristata(Linnaeus, C, 1766)
English (US) Red-legged Seriema
The Red-legged Seriema (Cariama cristata) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Cariamidae (Seriemas) in the order Cariamiformes.
Range: central and eastern Brazil to Bolivia, Paraguay, and central ArgentinaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Cariama cristata
- Family
- Cariamidae (Seriemas)
- Order
- Cariamiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Red-legged Seriema
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Palamedea cristata
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
- Type locality
- Northeastern Brazil, ex Marcgrave.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1] p.232
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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