Yellow-headed Caracara (Milvago chimachima)

Other Names (World)
Yellow-headed Caracara, Chimachima Caracara

Family
Falconidae (Falcons, Caracaras)

Size
41 - 46 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Vieillot, 1816)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland seasonally wet / flooded grassland. From sea-level - 1,800 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Aruba, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Netherlands Antilles, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay (B), Venezuela.

Population
Estimated population is 1,000,000 (2020) and increasing.

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (85)...)

Yellow-headed Caracara (Milvago chimachima) [XC244970]
by Peter Boesman from Ca\u00f1o Orosi, Finca Candalayes, Vereda Candalayes, Trinidad, Casanare, Colombia (song)

Yellow-headed Caracara (Milvago chimachima) [XC353291]
by Ross Gallardy from Villavicencio, Villavicencio, Meta, Colombia (alarm call)

Subspecies
Despite some areas of overlap, may be regarded as forming superspecies with Chimango Caracara (Phalcoboenus chimango).

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

cordata Bangs and Penard, TE, 1918 - Southern Costa Rica and Panama (including Pearl Is) through Colombia to the Guianas and Trinidad and southern (east of Andes) to Amazon.
chimachima (Vieillot, 1816) - Eastern Bolivia and Brazil south of Amazon to Paraguay, northern Argentina and Uruguay.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Yellow-headed Caracara (Milvago chimachima) - 10 files

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