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Red-legged Seriema (Cariama cristata)


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Normalmente me visitan 3, una pareja con la cria. Las distingo porque los colores de las plumas
de la cola, que difieren en detalles. Vienen a comer nueces, y se paran frente la ventana de mi cocina hasta que les doy algunas. Agarran la nuez con el pico, buscan una piedra plana y la arroja con fuerza e increíble precisión, tantas veces hasta que se rompa.

Victor Daniel Ratti
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Cariamiformes
Family: Cariamidae
Scientific name: Cariama cristata
English Name: Red-legged Seriema
Spanish Name: Chuña Patas Rojas
Portuguese Name: Seriema
BirdLife International:
  Least Concern (LC)  
Sex: Indistinguishable
Life stage: Adult
Registration date: 05/01/2023
Country: Argentina
Province / Department: Córdoba
Location or protected area: Potrero de Garay
Detailed location: Río de los Espinillos
Exact coordinates: -31.807820, -64.649527
Exact altitude: 930 m a.s.l.
Location accuracy: High
Belonging: Native
Condition: Wild
Certainty: Heard, Filmed
Reproduction information: No
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Video ID: 5587 View Full Record
Publication date: 04/23/2023 16:00:18
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