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Red-legged Seriema

10,000 Birds

What family is it from? This first encounter was during a bird of prey exhibition at Leeds Castle, so the information was forthcoming from the commentary, but the chances of ever seeing one in the wild seemed remote. Red-legged Seriema, (with the only other member, the Black-legged Seriema) is placed in the family Cariamidae.

Brazil 105
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Twenty Hummingbirds To See Before You Die

10,000 Birds

But you are here for the birds. The curse of forest birding - a bird drought. Maybe the birds will come to you. They are the only birds able to fly backwards and the 340-odd species come in many different forms. Fantastic caterpillars, otherworldly insects, ghoulish spiders, tiny scattering creatures.

Colombia 279