seriema

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Two Red-legged Seriemas (young bird on the left, adult on the right)

Etymology[edit]

From New Latin cariama (17th century), and (later directly) its source, Portuguese seriema (also rare form çariama), from Old Tupi sariama (crested (bird)), from saria (crest).

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seriema (plural seriemas)

  1. Either of two species of bird in the family Cariamidae, endemic to South America. [from 17th c.]

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