Red-legged Seriema
Cariama cristata
(L 30-36" Wt 3.31 lbs)
Intervales State Park 
14Oct2017
Unmistakable...widespread but
uncommon...from Brazil south of
the Amazon to Uruguay and
northern Argentina.
© Matthew D.
Medler
Macaulay
Library
Cariama is Portuguese for
s
eriema; cristata is Latin
for
crest.
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