Northern Crested Caracara
Caracara cheriway - Caracara du Nord
Systematics
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Order:
Falconiformes
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Family:
Falconidés
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Genus:
Caracara
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Species:
cheriway
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 58 cm
- Wingspan: 120 cm.
- Weight: 1050 à 1300 g
Longevity
9 years
Geographic range
Description identification
Northern Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway) is a species of bird in the Falconidae family.
Subspecific information monotypic species
Foreign names
- Caracara du Nord,
- Caracara Crestada Norteño,
- Caracará-do-norte,
- Karakara,
- Noordelijke Kuifcaracara,
- Caracara crestato,
- Nordlig tofscaracara,
- Nordkarakara,
- karakara chochlatá,
- karančo chocholatý,
- Stor Caracara,
- pohjantöyhtökarakara,
- caracarà crestat septentrional,
- karakara białorzytna,
- baltvaigu karakara,
- Северная каракара,
- カンムリカラカラ,
- 巨隼,
- 鳳頭卡拉鷹,
Habitat
Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude ; Grassland : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded ; Wetlands (inland) : Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Pastureland, Plantations, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest
Sources of information
- Vol. 2 - Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josep del Hoyo-Andrew Elliot--Jordi Sargatal
- All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
- Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
- Avibase, Lepage Denis
- Birds of Venezuela, Steven L. Hilty
- What Bird-The ultimate Bird Guide, Mitchell Waite
- IOC World Bird List (v10.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2019.
Other sources of interest
- Accipitriformes
- Anseriformes
- Apodiformes
- Apterygiformes
- Bucerotiformes
- Caprimulgiformes
- Cariamiformes
- Casuariiformes
- Charadriiformes
- Ciconiiformes
- Coliiformes
- Columbiformes
- Coraciiformes
- Cuculiformes
- Eurypygiformes
- Falconiformes
- Galliformes
- Gaviiformes
- Gruiformes
- Leptosomiformes
- Mesitornithiformes
- Musophagiformes
- Opisthocomiformes
- Otidiformes
- Passeriformes
- Pelecaniformes
- Phaethontiformes
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Piciformes
- Podicipediformes
- Procellariiformes
- Psittaciformes
- Pterocliformes
- Rheiformes
- Sphenisciformes
- Strigiformes
- Struthioniformes
- Suliformes
- Tinamiformes
- Trogoniformes