Seriemas

Red-legged Seriema

Cariama cristata

The Red-legged Seriema (Cariama cristata) is a 1.4 kg scrub bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Seriemas

Order

Cariamiformes

Weight

1.4 kg

Habitat

Shrubland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

5

Recorded in Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay.

Where to see it: Poconé · Pousada Piuval (Brazil); San Miguelito Jaguar Conservation Ranch (Bolivia); Paso Centurión · Área General (Uruguay); Santa Cruz Botanical Gardens (Bolivia); PN Iberá · Portal Laguna Iberá (Carlos Pellegrini y Laguna Iberá) (Argentina).

Photo: (c) Reinaldo de Oliveira Elias, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist