Southern Crested Caracara
Caracara plancus - Caracara huppé
Systematics
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Order:
Falconiformes
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Family:
Falconidés
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Genus:
Caracara
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Species:
plancus
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 59 cm
- Wingspan: 120 à 132 cm.
- Weight:
Geographic range
Description identification
Southern Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus) is a species of bird in the Falconidae family.
Subspecific information monotypic species
Foreign names
- Caracara huppé,
- Caracara Carancho,
- Caracará,
- Schopfkarakara,
- bóbitás karakara,
- Kuifcaracara,
- Caracara meridionale,
- Sydlig tofscaracara,
- Gribbkarakara,
- karakara pásikavá,
- karančo jižní,
- Caracara,
- eteläntöyhtökarakara,
- caracarà crestat meridional,
- karakara czarnobrzucha,
- cekulainā karakara,
- Обыкновенная каракара,
- カラカラ,
- 风头巨隼,
- 南美鳳頭卡拉鷹,
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
- A Field Guide to the Birds of Brazil, Ber Van Perlo
- A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America, Steve N. G. Howell, Sophie Webb
- Birds of Peru, Thomas S.Schulenberg, Douglas F.Stotz, Daniel F.Lane, John P.O'Neill, Theodore A.Parker III
- Vol. 2 - Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josep del Hoyo-Andrew Elliot--Jordi Sargatal
- BirdLife International, BirdLife International
- Arthur Grosset's Birds, Arthur Grosset
- Global Raptor Information Network,
- Planet of Birds,
- Wikipédia, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
- Peregrine Fund,
- THE AVIANWEB, Sibylle Faye
- 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