Chunga

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1. A taxonomic genus within the family Cariamidae – black-legged seriema, Found in savanna, shrubland and dry, open forest from southeastern Bolivia and northern Paraguay south into north-central Argentina,.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neornithes – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Cariamiformes – order; Cariamoidea – superfamily; Cariamidae – family

• (genus): Chunga burmeisteri (black-legged seriema) – sole accepted extant species; †Chunga incerta – sole extinct species

• Chunga on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Chunga on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Chunga on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• “Chunga”, in Paleobiology Database, 2026
• Gill, F.; Wright, M. (2006), Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN