Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Cariamiformes > Cariamidae > Chunga > Chunga burmeisteriChunga burmeisteri (Black-legged Seriema)The black-legged seriema (Chunga burmeisteri) is one of two living species of seriemas in the family Cariamidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 39.2854 EDGE Score: 3.69599 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 2.875 lbs (1.304 kg) |  | | Diet [2] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates), Granivore, Herbivore | | Diet - Endothermic [2] | 30 % | | Diet - Invertibrates [2] | 30 % | | Diet - Plants [2] | 30 % | | Diet - Seeds [2] | 10 % | | Forages - Understory [2] | 40 % | | Forages - Ground [2] | 60 % | | | Clutch Size [3] | 2 |
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| Name |
Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land
Use |
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Central Andean puna |
Argentina, Bolivia, Peru |
Neotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Dry Chaco |
Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests |
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Espinal |
Argentina |
Neotropic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Humid Chaco |
Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Humid Pampas |
Argentina |
Neotropic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Southern Andean Yungas |
Bolivia, Argentina |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Estancia Gran Siete |
Paraguay |
A1, A3 |
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Fortín Toledo |
Paraguay |
A1, A3 |
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KAA-IYA del Gran Chaco |
Bolivia |
A1, A3 |
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Lagunas Saladas: Riacho Yacaré |
Paraguay |
A1, A3, A4i, A4iii |
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Palmar de las Islas |
Bolivia |
A1, A3 |
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Parque Nacional Defensores del Chaco |
Paraguay |
A1, A3 |
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Parque Nacional Médanos del Chaco |
Paraguay |
A1, A3 |
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Parque Nacional Teniente Enciso |
Paraguay |
A1, A3 |
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Parque Nacional Tinfunqué: Estero Patiño |
Paraguay |
A1, A3, A4i, A4iii |
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Pirizal |
Paraguay |
A3 |
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Pozo Hondo |
Paraguay |
A1, A3 |
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Serranía de Aguarague |
Bolivia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
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Tropical Andes |
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109 ♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 ♦ 3del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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