Chunga burmeisteri
Silhouette: Guillermo Menéndez (photograph), T. Michael Keesey (vectorization) · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
The black-legged seriema (Chunga burmeisteri) 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.
German ornithologist Gustav Hartlaub first described the black... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | El Impenetrable National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zlín-Lešná Zoo | 🇨🇿 Czechia | |
| 2 | São Paulo Zoo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Temaikén | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 4 | Simba Safari | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | La Plata Zoo and Botanical Garden | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 6 | Granja los Pibes | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
No species of the same family or order lives in El Impenetrable National Park, so these are its closest relatives here: other birds.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Black-legged Seriema sighting in El Impenetrable National Park on a given day, based on 65 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 72nd most-seen of the 219 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April and November
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Black-legged Seriema in El Impenetrable National Park on a given day, against about 10% in January–February and October, the lowest months. Those are among El Impenetrable National Park's wettest months, with about 120 mm of rain a month against 25 mm in July. December has too few records to rate.
Between 3 and 6 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Black-legged Seriema sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only El Impenetrable National Park, in our data
El Impenetrable National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Black-legged Seriema sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black-legged Seriema is recorded against all the birds logged in El Impenetrable National Park (65 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
