Mountain Caracara

Phalcoboenus megalopterus - Caracara montagnard

Caracara montagnard
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Falconiformes

  • Family
    :

    Falconidés

  • Genus
    :

    Phalcoboenus

  • Species
    :

    megalopterus

Descriptor

Meyen, 1834

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 55 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 111 à 124 cm.
  • Weight
    :
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Caracara montagnard
adult
Caracara montagnard
adult

Mountain Caracara (Phalcoboenus megalopterus) is a species of bird in the Falconidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Caracara montagnard,
  • Caracara andino,
  • carcará-andino,
  • Bergkarakara,
  • hegyi karakara,
  • Andescaracara,
  • Caracara montano,
  • bergkarakara,
  • Fjellkarakara,
  • karakara vrchovská,
  • čimango horský,
  • Andescaracara,
  • inkakarakara,
  • caracarà dels Andes,
  • karakara andyjska,
  • Горная каракара,
  • アンデスカラカラ,
  • 山地巨隼,
  • bergkarakara,
  • 山卡拉鷹,

Voice song and call

Caracara montagnard
adult

Habitat

Caracara montagnard

Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude

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

Other sources of interest

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