📸 PhotoPhoto: Hector Bottai · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons Source
Black-legged Seriema
Chunga burmeisteri (Black-legged Seriema · クロアシノガンモドキ)
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 Among the morning bird calls of the Chaco forest, its loud, sharp voice stands out the most, so people locate it by sound before sight (Birds of the World).
- 💡 Despite its large size, dense forest cover makes it hard to spot, so birdwatchers track its location by its call (eBird).
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
📖 1. Overview
The black-legged seriema is a tall terrestrial bird living in the Chaco region of Bolivia, Argentina, and Paraguay, and is one of the two species in the seriema family.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
It has shaggy plumage, a short curved bill, and long, strong legs. It is smaller and shyer than the red-legged seriema.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
It spends most of its time on the ground and flies only short distances, building its nest in low trees and bushes. It favors snakes and lizards while also eating seeds and large insects, and moves about alone or in pairs.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
No direct record connecting this species to Korea has been found.
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List LC (2024) — https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22692208/263628841
- • IUCN Red List category LC — latest assessment at iucnredlist.org
- • doi.org — avilist.v2026
- • iucnredlist.org — 263628841
- • wikidata.org — Q933531
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:Chunga burmeisteri Black-legged Seriema; Nono, Córdoba,
- • birdsoftheworld.org — introduction
- • ebird.org — bllser1
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — George Edward Lodge (vectorized by T. Michael Keesey) · Public Domain Mark 1.0 (Related taxon silhouette — Cariama cristata)
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.