Birds of Mexico

○   ←   FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae (Caracaras, Falcons)   →
Genus: Caracara (1 species, 1 worldwide)


Crested Caracara
Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus plancus)
Yala, Argentina   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Crested Caracara
Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus cheriway)
Los Flamencos Wildlife Sanctuary, Camarones, La Guajira, Colombia   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Crested Caracara
Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus plancus) Immature
Pousada Rio Claro, Pantanal, Brazil   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.
A large caracara found from United States to tip of South America. Like other caracara, sometimes eats carrion.

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Really Experimental sites:       Guyana       Cuba