Red Legged Seriema (Cariama cristata) closeup

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Closeup of a Cariama or Red Legged Seriema (Cariama cristata). Bird belonging to the Order of Gruiformes( Cranes, Rails,Bustards etc) and Family Cariamidae. He lives in the grasslands of Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay eating snakes as its like African Secretary Bird (Sagittarius serpentarius) to which resembles for evolutionary convergence

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Size: 5616px × 3744px
Photo credit: © Giovanni Giuseppe Bellani / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: american, birds, cariama, cariamidae, convergence, cristata, eater, evolutionary, gruiformes, legged, red, resembles, seriema, snake, south