Caracara cheriway
Crested Caracara
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Falconiformes
Family
Falconidae
Genus
Caracara
Species
Caracara cheriway
Colours
Distinguishing features
Distinguishing features still need to be specified.
Size
- Up to 58 cm (Length of specimen)
Wingspan
- Up to 130 cm
Synonyms
Distribution
Distribution and habitat preferences
The northern caracara is a resident in Cuba, northern South America (south to northern Peru and northern Amazonian Brazil) and most of Central America and Mexico, just reaching the southernmost parts of the United States, including Florida, where it is resident but listed as threatened. There have been reports of the crested caracara as far north as San Francisco, California. South of the US border, it is generally common. It can also be found (nesting) in the Southern Caribbean (e.g. Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire).
This is a bird of open and semi-open country. (Wikipedia)
