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CARIAMIDAE - Seriemas (2:2)
CARIAMA Brisson, 1760 F - Cariama Brisson; type by tautonymy = Palamedea cristata Linnaeus, 1766  
Cariama cristata 1  (Linnaeus, 1766) Red-legged Seriema
vE and S Brazil, E Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay and N Argentina (south to Entre Ríos and La Pampa)
CHUNGA Hartlaub, 1860 F - Dicholophus burmeisteri Hartlaub, 1860; type by monotypy  
Chunga burmeisteri   (Hartlaub, 1860) Black-legged Seriema
iS Bolivia and W Paraguay to C Argentina
1 The Miranda-Ribeiro (1938) [Miranda-Ribeiro, 1938 #2689] names azarae, bicincta, leucofimbria and schistofimbria are based on individual variation (Gonzaga, 1996) [Gonzaga, 1996 #1723].
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