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Bathornis is an extinct genus of birds related to modern day seriemas, that lived in North America about 37–20 million years ago. Like the closely related and also extinct phorusrhacids, it was a flig
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The seriemas are the sole living members of the small bird family Cariamidae, which is also the only surviving lineage of the order Cariamiformes. Once believed to be related to cranes, they have been
Bathornis
…Bathornis ("tall bird") is an extinct genus of birds related to modern day seriemas, that lived in North America about 37–20 million years ago. Like the closely related and also extinct phorusrhacids, it was a flightless predator…
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The black-legged seriema (Chunga burmeisteri) is smaller and has a more restricted distribution.
The frontal crest of the red-legged seriema (Cariama cristata) is unique among Neotropical birds.
The seriemas have short wings and rarely take flight.