Caracara

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{{Taxobox | color = pink | name = Caracara | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Chordata | classis = Aves | ordo = Falconiformes | familia = Falconidae | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = Daptrius
Phalcoboenus
Polyborus
Milvago }}

Caracaras are birds of prey in the family Falconidae. They are principally birds of South and Central America, just reaching the southern USA.

Unlike the Falco falcons in the same family, the birds in the four relevant genera are not fast-flying aerial hunters, but are rather sluggish and often scavengers.

The species are:

The Guadalupe Caracara Polyborus lutosus is now extinct.

See also

  • Flexiraptor, an extinct bird that resembled the caracara.

External links

pt:Carcará sv:Caracaror