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The Crested Caracara looks like a hawk with its sharp beak and talons, behaves like a vulture, and is technically a large tropical black-and-white falcon. It is instantly recognizable standing tall on long yellow-orange legs with a sharp black cap set against a white neck and yellow-orange face.
Caracaras are birds of prey in the family Falconidae. They are traditionally placed in subfamily Polyborinae with the forest falcons, [1] but are sometimes considered to constitute their own subfamily, Caracarinae, [2] or classified as members of the true falcon subfamily, Falconinae. [3]
Learn about the Crested Caracara, a strikingly patterned, broad-winged opportunist that often feeds on carrion. Find out its range, identification, behavior, habitat, conservation, and more.
The crested caracara (Caracara plancus), also known as the Mexican eagle, is a bird of prey in the falcon family, Falconidae (formerly in the genus Polyborus). It is found from the southern and southeastern United States through Mexico (where it is present in every state) and Central and South America, as well as some Caribbean islands .
The Crested Caracara looks like a hawk with its sharp beak and talons, behaves like a vulture, and is technically a large tropical black-and-white falcon. It is instantly recognizable standing tall on long yellow-orange legs with a sharp black cap set against a white neck and yellow-orange face.
Caracara is a genus in the family Falconidae and the subfamily Polyborinae. It contains one extant species, the crested caracara; and one recently extinct species, the Guadalupe caracara.
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Apr 21, 2021 · The 10 surviving species of caracara inhabit the most varied and extreme corners of South and Central America, with some populations reaching into the southern United States. Most have yellow legs, striking black-and-white plumage, featherless red faces, and blueish-silver hooked beaks.
