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Chunga
Taxonomy
Chunga was named by Hartlaub (1860). It is extant. Its type is Chunga burmeisteri.
It was assigned to Cariamidae by Carroll (1988), Gould and Quitmyer (2005), Clements et al. (2017), Tambussi et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Cariamidae by Carroll (1988), Gould and Quitmyer (2005), Clements et al. (2017), Tambussi et al. (2023).
Species
C. burmeisteri (type species), C. incerta
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1860 | Chunga Hartlaub |
| 1988 | Chunga Carroll |
| 2005 | Chunga Gould and Quitmyer p. 205 figs. Table 2 |
| 2017 | Chunga Clements et al. |
| 2023 | Chunga Tambussi et al. p. 279 |
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G. Chunga Hartlaub 1860
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Chunga burmeisteri Hartlaub 1860 [black-legged seriema]
†Chunga incerta Tonni 1974
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available