叫鹤科（学名：Cariamidae）为鹤形目的一科，现仅存2属2种，为南美洲的特有种。是一种大型鸟类，叫声洪亮，外貌和习性与蛇鹫相似。以昆虫、蛇、蜥蜴等小动物为食。

红腿叫鹤（Cariama cristata），分布于巴西东部到阿根廷中部的广大地区  黑腿叫鹤（Chunga burmeisteri），分布于阿根廷东北部和巴拉圭

The seriemas are the sole living members of the small bird family Cariamidae, which is also the only surviving lineage of the order Cariamae. Once believed to be related to cranes, they have been placed near the falcons, parrots and passerines, as well as the extinct terror birds. The seriemas are large, long-legged terrestrial birds that range from 70 to 90 cm. They live in grasslands, savanna, dry woodland and open forests of Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay. There are two species of seriemas, the red-legged seriema (Cariama cristata) and the black-legged seriema (Chunga burmeisteri). Names for these birds in the Tupian languages are variously spelled as siriema, sariama, and çariama, and mean "crested".