Birds of the World

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Genus: Milvago (2 species)


Yellow-headed Caracara
Yellow-headed Caracara (Milvago chimachima cordata)
Range: MA, SA: Costa Rica to n Argentina
San Jeronimo, Colombia   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Yellow-headed Caracara
Yellow-headed Caracara (Milvago chimachima cordata) Immature
Range: MA, SA: Costa Rica to n Argentina
Botanical Garden, Barinas, Venezuela   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.
A small caracara (raven sized) that is common and conspicuous in open and deforested areas. Omnivorous, with behaviour like a crow.
Wings.

Chimango Caracara
Chimango Caracara (Milvago chimango)
Range: SA: Southern Cone
Nacional Parque los Arrayanes, Villa la Angostura, Argentina   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

In flight.

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