Red Legged Seriema by danob

Photography • Creatures • posted on Mar 27, 2008

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Description

The two extant species of seriema are thought to be the closest living relatives of a group of gigantic (up to ten feet tall carnivorous "terror birds).!! Despite this fearsome past and the fact they are a predatory species they are in my view a rather beutiful with striking featurea such as the crest, which is unique among South American birds. The crest is comprised of permanently raised slightly stiff feathers at the base of the bill which can reach 10 cm in length. Seriemas are one of the few birds with eyelashes. Seriemas have loose plumage, especially on the neck and underparts. They are mainly grey in colouration, with shades of brown, except the abdomen which is white. The wing and tail feathers are banded black and white. The skin surrounding the eye is blue and the iris of the eye can vary from yellow to blue grey. The bill and legs are both an orange red. Thanks as always for taking time to look and any comments etc best viewed at full size

Comments (50)

Realm_Of_Illusion

11:22AM | Thu, 27 March 2008

What a beautiful bird, the touch of colors are so cool! Really awesome shot :)

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Cosine

11:33AM | Thu, 27 March 2008

Beautiful bird, and as always, a superb shot and presentation.

lanemtripp

11:37AM | Thu, 27 March 2008

amazing detail when enlarged...fantastic capture and great postwork

BorisB

11:42AM | Thu, 27 March 2008

A fabulous portrait with an excellent presentation!!

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Littlejock

12:01PM | Thu, 27 March 2008

Simply perfect your colours and details here.. Your canon is wonderful cam my friend... Big Hugs and thank you for your reference Hugs. Luis

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kenwas

12:12PM | Thu, 27 March 2008

Another super portrait of a strange creature from you. Such fine work!

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DCLEW2

12:23PM | Thu, 27 March 2008

Great portrait. thanks for the info, I was unfamiliar with ths species. well done.

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romanceworks

12:25PM | Thu, 27 March 2008

Such a unique bird and awesome photo. CC

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jinet

12:30PM | Thu, 27 March 2008

Very impressive, and very high quality !

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GiMi53

12:58PM | Thu, 27 March 2008

Great presentation ! What a beautiful portrait ! Excellent upload, Danny !

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Meisiekind

1:01PM | Thu, 27 March 2008

What a stunning capture of a beautiful bird and an excellent presentation. Just love it!! xx

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Hendesse

2:01PM | Thu, 27 March 2008

Excellent details on this image. Fantastic portrait of this interesting bird!

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magnus073

2:05PM | Thu, 27 March 2008

What a simply splendid photo of this amazing bird. I've learned so much from this post and enjoyed it very much.

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JeffG7BRJ

2:08PM | Thu, 27 March 2008

Wow! This looks like the wife all dolled up ready for a night out lol. Eye shadow, mascara and a bit of red lip gloss, typical bird.roflmao. Fun aside Danny, superb capture of this beautiful bird, I know women that would kill for eye lashes as long as those, another new breed for me as well. Looking at the beak I would not want to get on the wrong side of this bird, thats for sure. Superb! Bravo!!!!!

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G_Mansco

2:22PM | Thu, 27 March 2008

Splendid capture and quality, love it's colours ;O)

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carlx

2:24PM | Thu, 27 March 2008

Excellent portrait from a fantastic bird!!!

MrsLubner

2:24PM | Thu, 27 March 2008

Gosh, I'd love to see this one hunting. I bet it's something. Is this more related to the hawk or the falcon family? I was wondering about the body structure...long and lean or compact and broad. A real teaser of a shot. :-) I love the detail you got including the eyelashes. That's amazing...

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