Caracaras, Falcons

Yellow-headed Caracara

Milvago chimachima

The Yellow-headed Caracara (Milvago chimachima) is a 315 g grassland bird that eats a bit of everything. It stays put all year.

Family

Caracaras, Falcons

Order

Falconiformes

Weight

315 g

Habitat

Grassland

Diet

Vertebrates, fish and carrion

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

12

Recorded in Colombia, Brazil, Venezuela, Argentina, Costa Rica, Panama, Paraguay, Bolivia, GF, Peru, Suriname, Guyana.

Photo: (c) Victor Farjalla Pontes, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist