Caracaras, Falcons

Crested Caracara

Caracara plancus

The Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus) is a 1.1 kg scrub bird that eats a bit of everything. It stays put all year.

Family

Caracaras, Falcons

Order

Falconiformes

Weight

1.1 kg

Habitat

Shrubland

Diet

Vertebrates, fish and carrion

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

29

Photo: (c) Francisco Farriols Sarabia, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist