Birds of Costa Rica
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FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae (Caracaras, Falcons)
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Genus: Milvago (1 species, 2 worldwide)
Yellow-headed Caracara
(Milvago chimachima cordata)
San Jeronimo, Colombia
Photograph by
Tom Friedel
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Yellow-headed Caracara
(Milvago chimachima cordata) Immature
Botanical Garden, Barinas, Venezuela
Photograph by
Tom Friedel
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A small caracara (raven sized) that is common and conspicuous in open and deforested areas. Omnivorous, with behaviour like a crow.
Wings.
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Colombia
Panama
Ecuador
Costa Rica
Mexico
Experimental sites:
Peru
Venezuela
The World
Brazil
Bolivia
Really Experimental sites:
Guyana
Cuba