Yellow-headed Caracara

Milvago chimachima chimachima

Classification

Class: Aves
Order: Falconiformes
Family: Falconidae

The yellow-headed caracara (Daptrius chimachima) is a new-world bird of prey in the family Falconidae, of the Falconiformes order (true falcons, caracaras and their kin). It can be found in North America and South America, from Nicaragua to Uruguay. Taxonomy and systematics The yellow-headed caracara was formally described in 1816 by French ornithologist Louis Vieillot with the binomial name Polyborus chimachima.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Bolivia · 4Brazil · 3

Sources and credits

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Yellow-headed Caracara

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