cool-critters:Red-legged seriema (Cariama cristata)The red-legged seriemam is a mostly predatory ter
cool-critters:Red-legged seriema (Cariama cristata)The red-legged seriemam is a mostly predatory terrestrial bird in the seriema family. The red-legged seriema inhabits grasslands from Brazil south of the Amazon to Uruguay and northern Argentina. It is 75 to 90 cm long and weighs about 1.5 kg, with a fairly long neck, tail, and legs. The red-legged seriema prefers grassland habitat to any other. Though it likes to inhabit lush meadows near rivers, it will not readily move into wetlands or crop fields. It typically walks on the ground and can easily run faster than a human in its habitat.photo credits: Olaf Oliviero Riemer, Wagner Machado Carlos Lemes -- source link