Red-legged Seriema or Crested Cariama, Cariama cristata, Cariamidae. South American Bird.

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Red-legged Seriema or Crested Cariama, Cariama cristata, Cariamidae. South American Bird. The Red-legged Seriema inhabits grasslands from Brazil south of the Amazon to Uruguay and northern Argentina, South America. It is a predatory, terrestrial bird in the seriema family. South Americans often keep tame seriemas with their poultry to ward off predators. Their distinctive song acts like an alarm call.

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Location: South America
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