Red-legged Seriema
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Red-legged Seriema

Cariama cristata

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
60–70% · Likely
overall probability at Emas National Park
115 Verified records at Emas National Park
September Best month highest sighting rate
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The red-legged seriema (Cariama cristata), also known as the crested cariama and crested seriema, is a mostly predatory terrestrial bird in the seriema family (Cariamidae), included in the Gruiformes in the old polyphyletic circumscription but recently placed in a distinct order: Cariamiformes (along with three extinct families). The red-legged seriema is widely distributed in South America, occurring in central and eastern Brazil through eastern Bolivia and Paraguay to Uruguay and central Argentina (south to La Pampa). Like the black-legged seriema, farmers often use them as guard animals to protect poultry from predators and sometimes human intruders. Wikipedia →

60–70% of wildlife watchers report a Red-legged Seriema sighting in Emas National Park, based on 115 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

📅 Monthly Probability

60–70
Jan
60–70
Feb
60–70
Mar
60–70
Apr
70–80
May
40–50
Jun
60–70
Jul
60–70
Aug
70–80
Sep
50–60
Oct
70–80
Nov
60–70
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Emas National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
60–70%
2 Serra da Canastra National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
60–70%
3 Chapada Diamantina National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
4 Amboró National Park 🇧🇴 Bolivia
<5%
5 Chapada dos Guimarães National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
6 Itatiaia National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
7 Iguaçu National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
8 Iguazú National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
<5%
9 Noel Kempff Mercado National Park 🇧🇴 Bolivia
Insufficient data
10 Serra dos Órgãos National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
Insufficient data
11 Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas 🇧🇷 Brazil
Insufficient data
12 Iberá National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Red-legged Seriema in Emas National Park?

About 63% of wildlife watchers report a Red-legged Seriema sighting in Emas National Park, based on 115 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Red-legged Seriema in Emas National Park?

September has the highest sighting rate for Red-legged Seriema in Emas National Park in our monthly data.

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