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Common Name

Southern Crested Caracara

Alternate Names

Southern Caracara, Carancho

Common Type

Caracara

Order

Falconiformes

Family

Falconidae

Genus

Caracara

Species

plancus

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Location Photographed

Argentina, Bolivia

Number of Sub-Species

0

Migratory or Resident

Resident

Preferred Habitat

Almost any open or semi-open area other than the Andean highlands.

Distribution and Range

South America from Brazil and Peru south

Food

Carnivorous scavenger feeding mainly on carrion plus occasional fruit and invertebrates.

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Southern Crested Caracara

Southern Caracara, Carancho

Caracara

Falconiformes

Falconidae

Caracara

plancus

Least Concern

Argentina, Bolivia

0

Resident

Almost any open or semi-open area other than the Andean highlands.

South America from Brazil and Peru south

Carnivorous scavenger feeding mainly on carrion plus occasional fruit and invertebrates.

Some debate if the Crested Caracar should be split into to species or is only a single species.