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Southern Caracara

Caracara plancus

Photo by Carolina
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Field Notes

Description:

This species has an extremely large range and their population trend appears to be increasing, so they are listed as Least Concern.

Habitat:

The Southern Caracara occurs from Tierra del Fuego in southernmost South America north to the Amazon River region and southern Peru, avoiding the Andean highlands and dense humid forest, such as the Amazon rainforest.

Notes:

Photographed at the Barranquilla zoo.

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Southern Caracara

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Comments (27)
isscarr
Wonderful bird! Wonderful shot!
Cadi
Beautiful photo; I wish there were some striking birds like that around here that I can find!
SeanWeekly
Amazing picture Carolina. Great find. Never seen one of these guys before. Thanks for sharing :)
Ashish
Great feat from treasures of Amazonian empire.....
hookgv
A most handsome bird !
Carolina
Thank you Laura and nwelch! They are beautiful, and I really love the sound they make: http://www.xeno-canto.org/recording.php?XC=15635
LauraMaria
The colours are fabulous, this is such an amazing bird :) A beautiful portrait
nwelch101
Great shot! I could never get a good picture of a Caracara on the Ucayali river.
Carolina
This one is a zoo animal, so sometimes is easier to photograph them. I once saw a Caracara flying, and believe me, I couldn't catch it. In fact now that I remember I haven't photographed any bird flying, its really hard!
MitchRay
Cool bird, wish I could get a Crested Caracara photo that good

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