Gruiformes

Seriemas (Cariamidae)

HBW 3, p. 234 Learn more about the Handbook of the Birds of the World - Volume 3 on the Lynx Edicions website.

• Large, long-legged terrestrial birds, with hawk-like head and long neck and tail.
• C & E South America.
• Grassland, savanna, dry woodland and open forests.
• 2 genera, 2 species, 2 taxa.
• No species threatened; none extinct since 1600.