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:
- Black Caracara, Daptrius ater
- Red-throated Caracara, Daptrius americanus
- Carunculated Caracara, Phalcoboenus carunculatus
- Mountain Caracara, Phalcoboenus megalopterus
- White-throated Caracara, Phalcoboenus albogularis
- Striated Caracara, Phalcoboenus australis
- Crested Caracara, Polyborus plancus
- Yellow-headed Caracara, Milvago chimachima
- Chimango Caracara, Milvago chimango
The Guadalupe Caracara Polyborus lutosus is now extinct.
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See also
- Flexiraptor, an extinct bird that resembled the caracara.
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External links
- Caracara videos on the Internet Bird Collectionnl:Caracara's