Definition of Seriemas. Meaning of Seriemas. Synonyms of Seriemas

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Definition of Seriemas

Seriema
Seriema Ser`i*e"ma, n. [Native name.] (Zo["o]l.) A large South American bird (Dicholophus, or Cariama cristata) related to the cranes. It is often domesticated. Called also cariama.

Meaning of Seriemas from wikipedia

- The seriemas are the sole living members of the small bird family Cariamidae (the entire family is also referred to as "seriemas"), which is also the only...
- in Caatinga, Cerrado and Chaco. Seriemas are wary, territorial, and diurnal birds. Generally, the red-legged seriema is sedentary, although there are...
- The black-legged seriema (Chunga burmeisteri) is one of two living species of seriemas in the family Cariamidae. It is found from southeastern Bolivia...
- considered seriemas to be birds of prey. The Peregrine Fund also considers seriemas to be birds of prey. Like most birds of prey, seriemas and terror...
- Cariamidae (seriemas) and the extinct families such as Phorusrhacidae, Bathornithidae, Idiornithidae and Ameghinornithidae. Extant members (seriemas) are only...
- includes seriemas, parrots and p****erines. Within Australaves falcons are more closely related to the parrot-p****erine clade than they are to the seriemas. The...
- North America. Part of Cariamiformes, they are related to the still extant seriemas and the extinct Phorusrhacidae. They were likely similar in habits, being...
- variety of bird groups, including the australavians (p****erines, parrots, seriemas, and falcons) as well as the afroavians (including the Accipitrimorphae...
- (p****erines, parrots and falcons) as well as the Cariamiformes (including seriemas and the extinct "terror birds"). They appear to be the sister group of...
- modern-day relatives are believed to be the 80-centimetre-tall (31 in) seriemas. Titanis walleri, one of the larger species, is known from Texas and Florida...