Seriemas

All 2 species of seriemas on WAnimals

Each one has its own full profile. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.

Conservation status

Where they live

Recorded in 5 countries. The ones with the most species in the group:

Where to see them

Did you know…?

• Along with the red-legged seriema it is the only living relative of the phorusrhacids, the terror birds: flightless predators up to three metres tall that were the great carnivores of South America for tens of millions of years.

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• It is more arboreal than its relative: it roosts in trees and often hunts from a low branch, dropping onto lizards and rodents passing beneath.

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• Its song is a rising wail that pairs perform as a duet at dawn, and is one of the characteristic sounds of the dry Chaco.

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• It is the closest living relative of the terror birds, the phorusrhacids: flightless predators up to three metres tall with enormous bills, which were the great carnivores of South America for tens of millions of years.

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• It kills snakes by beating them repeatedly against the ground or hurling them against a stone, a technique it also applies to lizards and rodents.

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• Its song, a rising and falling howl performed as a duet by the pair, carries for kilometres across the cerrado and is one of the most recognisable sounds of the Brazilian interior.

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Ecosystems