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Yellow-headed Caracara (Daptrius chimachima)

Yellow-headed Caracara

Daptrius chimachima

Class
Bird
Rarity
Rare
Observations
13,002
Most observed in
🇨🇴 Colombia

Description

The yellow-headed caracara (Daptrius chimachima) is a new-world bird of prey in the family Falconidae, of the Falconiformes order (true falcons, caracaras and their kin). It can be found in North America and South America, from Nicaragua to Uruguay.

Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Yellow-headed caracara”.

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