
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”.