CRANE-LIKE BIRDS
RAILS, GALLINULES, AND COOTS
True Rails
Carolina Rail
Corncrake
Pygmy Rails
Florida Gallinule
Moor-hen
Purple Gallinules
Notornis
Coots
CRANES &TRUMPETERS
The Cranes
Whooping Crane
Sandhill Crane
Little Brown Crane
European and Lilford's Cranes
The other species of Cranes
Asiatic White Crane
The Saras Crane of India
White naped Crane
Paradise Crane
Demoiselle Crane
Wattled Crane
The Courlans
Florida Courlan or Crying-bird
The Trumpeters
THE CARIAMAS
Crested Cariama
Burmeister's Cariama
THE BUSTARDS
Little Bustard
Pink-collared Bustard
Long-beaked Bustards
The Indian Bustard
Australian Bustard
Floricans
THE KAGU
THE SUN-BITTERNS
THE FINFEET
The American Finfoot
Peter's Finfoot
ANATOMY OF BIRDS
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION
MIGRATIONS OF BIRDS
CLASSIFICATION OF BIRDS
LIZARD-TAILED BIRD
AMERICAN TOOTHED-BIRDS
THE OSTRICHES
THE RHEAS
EMEUS AND CASSOWARIES
THE TINAMOUS
THE KIWIS
THE PENGUINS
LOONS AND GREBES
ALBATROSSES & PETRELS
STORK-LIKE BIRDS
GOOSE-LIKE BIRDS
FALCON-LIKE BIRDS
FOWL-LIKE BIRDS
CRANE-LIKE BIRDS
PLOVER-LIKE BIRDS
CUCKOO-LIKE BIRDS
THE ROLLER-LIKE BIRDS
SPARROW-LIKE BIRDS
Birds and Birding's Guide to:
Watching THE CRANE-LIKE BIRDS
THE CRANES, COURLANS, AND TRUMPETERS
Burmeister's Cariama
The other species, known as the Chufiia or Burmeister's Cariama, has been made the type of a distinct genus (Chunga burmeisleri), and is found in northern Argentina. It is smaller than the other, being only twenty-eight inches long, darker colored, and with the frontal crest not more than an inch high.
It frequents forest or bushy districts, spending the day in running about in the bush and roosting at night in high trees.
Like the other species it has a loud, screaming voice which may be heard for a long distance, though when approached it becomes discreetly silent. The nest is placed in bushes, and the young birds are frequently taken when half fledged and soon take kindly to captivity.
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