Chimango Caracara

Milvago chimango - Caracara chimango

Caracara chimango
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Falconiformes

  • Family
    :

    Falconidés

  • Genus
    :

    Milvago

  • Species
    :

    chimango

Descriptor

Vieillot, 1816

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 43 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 80 à 99 cm.
  • Weight
    :
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Caracara chimango
adult
Caracara chimango

Chimango Caracara (Milvago chimango) is a species of bird in the Falconidae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

  • Milvago chimango chimango (s Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay to c Argentina and Chile)
  • Milvago chimango temucoensis (s Argentina and Chile to Tierra del Fuego)

Foreign names

  • Caracara chimango,
  • Caracara chimango,
  • chimango,
  • Chimangokarakara,
  • füstös karakara,
  • Chimango,
  • Caracara chimango,
  • chimangokarakara,
  • Brunkarakara,
  • karakara milvágo,
  • čimango šedonohý,
  • Chimango-caracara,
  • ruskokarakara,
  • caracarà chimango,
  • karakara brązowa,
  • Химанго,
  • チマンゴカラカラ,
  • 叫隼,
  • chimangokarakara,
  • 叫鷹,

Voice song and call

Caracara chimango
adult

Habitat

Caracara chimango

Shrubland : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude ; Grassland : Temperate ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Pastureland, Urban Areas, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

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