Birds of the World

    FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae (Caracaras, Falcons)  
Genus: Phalcoboenus (4 species)


White-throated Caracara
White-throated Caracara (Phalcoboenus albogularis)
Range: SA: s Chile and s Argentina
 
   
Photograph by Pablo Caceres Contreras     Copyright and usage info

White-throated Caracara
White-throated Caracara (Phalcoboenus albogularis) Juvenile
Range: SA: s Chile and s Argentina
 
   
Photograph by Pablo Caceres Contreras     Copyright and usage info


Striated Caracara
Striated Caracara (Phalcoboenus australis) Near Threatened
Range: SA: islets off s tip of South America; Falkland Is.
North Arm, East Falkland, Falkland Islands, Argentina  
   
Photograph by Gregory "Slobirdr" Smith     Copyright and usage info


Carunculated Caracara
Carunculated Caracara (Phalcoboenus carunculatus)
Range: SA: Ecuador and sw Colombia
San Jorge de Quito Eco lodge, Quito, Ecuador  
   
Photograph by George Cruz (San Jorge Eco-Lodges)   © All Rights Reserved.

Carunculate: A fleshy naked outgrowth.

Mountain Caracara
Mountain Caracara (Phalcoboenus megalopterus)
Range: SA: Peru to c Chile
zoo, Peru  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.



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