Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.
Extreme southern Mexico (Chiapas) south to Colombia, southern on Pacific slope to western Ecuador, and east of Andes to central Peru, northern and eastern Bolivia and southern Brazil (north-western Paraná, Mato Grosso and Sío Paulo).
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is 100,000 - 1,000,000 (2010).
Red-throated Caracara (Ibycter americanus) [XC397235]
by Kent Livezey from Camino de Pe\u00f1as Blancas, Torti, Panama (song)
Red-throated Caracara (Ibycter americanus) [XC521601]
by Mauricio \u00c1lvarez-Rebolledo from Cristalino Jungle Lodge, MT, Brazil (call)
Subspecies
May merit separation from Black Caracara (Daptrius ater) on grounds of differences in morphology, habitat and behaviour. Populations from Central America and south-eastern Brazil have been recognized as subspecies guatemalensis and pelzelni respectively, based primarily on size, but substantial overlap with intervening populations.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet