Black Caracara (Daptrius ater)

Other Names (World)
Black Caracara, Yellow-throated Caracara

Family
Falconidae (Falcons, Caracaras)

Size
43 - 48 cm

First Described (Guide)
Vieillot, 1816

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From sea-level - 800 m.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.

Eastern Colombia, southern Venezuela and the Guianas south through Amazonia to eastern Peru, north-eastern Bolivia and central Brazil (Maranh�o, northern Mato Grosso).

Population
Estimated population is 1,000 - 10,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (28)...)

Black Caracara (Daptrius ater) [XC450976]
by GABRIEL LEITE from Suc\u00faa, Morona Santiago, Ecuador (call, song)

Black Caracara (Daptrius ater) [XC434122]
by Leonardo Ord\u00f3\u00f1ez-Delgado from Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Alta Floresta, Mato Grosso, Brazil (call)

Subspecies
May merit generic differentiation from Red-throated Caracara (Ibycter americanus), due to differences in morphology, habitat and behaviour.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Black Caracara (Daptrius ater) - 10 files

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