Chunga (bird)

Chunga; Temporal range: ; Miocene - Holocene, 16–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Cariamiformes
Family:	Cariamidae
Genus:	Chunga ; Hartlaub, 1860
Type species
	Dicholophus burmeisteriHartlaub, 1860;
Species
	Chunga burmeisteri ; † Chunga incerta

Last updated October 12, 2025

Chunga is one of two known genera of seriemas in the family Cariamidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay. It contains one living species, the black-legged seriema. A prehistoric species, Chunga incerta , has been described from the Miocene and Pliocene Monte Hermoso Formation of Argentina.^[1]

References

↑ Noriega, J.I., Vizcaíno, S.F., & Bargo, M.S. (2009). "First record and a new species of seriema (Aves: Ralliformes: Cariamidae) from Santacrucian (early–middle miocene) Beds of Patagonia." Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 29(2), 620-626.

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[Noriega2009-1] Noriega, J.I., Vizcaíno, S.F., & Bargo, M.S. (2009). "First record and a new species of seriema (Aves: Ralliformes: Cariamidae) from Santacrucian (early–middle miocene) Beds of Patagonia." Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 29(2), 620-626.

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